General Information
| Completion: | 100 B.C. |
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| Status: | completed |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Vaulted arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Masonry bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 45° 26' 51.72" N 10° 59' 59.64" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 120 m | |
| number of spans | 5 |
Materials
| arches |
stone
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Chronology
| World War II | Destroyed. |
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| 1957 | Rebuilt with original materials |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Ponte Pietra (Italian for "Stone Bridge"), once known as the Pons Marmoreus, is a Roman arch bridge crossing the Adige River in Verona, Italy. The bridge was completed in 100 BC, and the Via Postumia from Genoa to Aquileia passed over it. It is the oldest bridge in Verona.
It originally flanked another Roman bridge, the Pons Postumius; both structures provided the city (on the right bank) with access to the Roman theatre on the east bank. The arch nearest to the right bank of the Adige was rebuilt in 1298 by Alberto I della Scala. Four arches of the bridge were blown up by retreating German troops in World War II, but rebuilt in 1957 with original materials.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Ponte Pietra (Verona)" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1956): Brücken. Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein im Taunus (Germany), pp. 38.
- (1999): Le Passage. 1st edition, Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), pp. 120-121.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000665 - Published on:
09/04/2000 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
