Constantine Bridge (Mysia)
Coordinates: 40 ° 12 ′ 15 ″ N , 28 ° 26 ′ 29 ″ E
| Constantine Bridge | ||
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| Crossing of | Rhyndakos (today's Adırnaz Çayı ) | |
| place | Mysia ( Turkey ) | |
| construction | Arch bridge with vaulted vaults | |
| construction time | After AD 258 | |
| Status | Destroyed | |
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The Constantine Bridge was a late antique bridge in Mysia in what is now Turkey .
The construction, built after AD 258, crossed the Rhyndakos River , today's Adırnaz Çayı , near Uluabat ( Lopadium ). The name of the bridge comes from the Byzantine period, when a chapel consecrated by St. Helena to Emperor Constantine the Great crowned the building. During a site visit at the beginning of the 20th century, the English archaeologist Frederick William Hasluck found only a few remains. No arch remained intact, and only a few broken piers towered on the right bank. The masonry consisted of stone blocks with quarry stone filling.
In addition to the Constantine Bridge , some considerable remains of Roman bridges over the neighboring rivers have survived in Mysia, including the Makestos Bridge , the Aisepos Bridge and the White Bridge over the Granikos .
See also
literature
- Frederick William Hasluck: A Roman Bridge on the Aesepus . In: The Annual of the British School at Athens . Volume 12, 1905/06, pp. 184-189.