List of Tiber bridges in Rome
There are numerous bridges in Rome that cross the Tiber or its tributaries. A large number of these bridges date from ancient times or are new buildings in place of ancient bridges. The most famous bridge is the Angel's Bridge, which leads directly to Castel Sant'Angelo .
Here is a list of the Tiber bridges in Rome - downstream from north to south:
- Ponte di Castel Giubileo (1951)
- Ponte di Tor di Quinto (1960)
- Ponte Flaminio (1932–1951)
- Ponte Milvio (207 BC; called "Ponte Mollo" in the Middle Ages)
- Ponte Duca d'Aosta (1939-1942)
- Ponte della Musica (2008-2011)
- Ponte del Risorgimento (1911)
- Ponte Matteotti (1929; before 1945 called "Ponte delle Milizie" or "Ponte Littorio")
- Ponte Pietro Nenni (1971–1972)
- Ponte Regina Margherita (1886-1891; also called "Ponte Margherita" for short)
- Ponte Cavour (1891-1896)
- Ponte Umberto I (1885)
- Ponte Sant'Angelo (Angel's Bridge), (134 AD referred to as "Pons Aelius (Ponte Elio)")
- Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II (1886–1911; also called "Ponte Vittorio" for short, built in place of the "Pons Neronianus")
- Ponte Principe Amedeo (1942, built in place of the "Ponte dei Fiorentini")
- Ponte Mazzini (1904–1908)
- Ponte Sisto (1473–1479; replaced the Roman "Ponte di Agrippa", also known as "Ponte Aurelio", "Ponte Antonino" or "Ponte di Valentiniano" and called "Pons fractus" or "Pons ruptus" in the Middle Ages)
- Ponte Garibaldi (1888)
- Ponte Cestio (also Ponte San Bartolomeo) on the Tiber Island (built in the middle of the 1st century BC as "Pons Cestius" towards the right bank of the Tiber)
- Ponte dei Quattro Capi on the Tiber Island (built in 62 BC as "Pons Fabricius" towards the left bank of the Tiber)
- Fragments of the “ Ponte Rotto ” (built in 241 BC as “ Pons Aemilius (Ponte Emilio)” and referred to in the Middle Ages as “Ponte di Lepido”, “Ponte lapideo”, “Ponte dei Senatori” or “Ponte Maggiore”; 1552) rebuilt and again 1573-1575)
- Ponte Palatino (1886–1891), also popularly known as “Ponte inglese” or “Ponte degli inglesi”, as there is left-hand traffic on the bridge due to the unusual traffic route .
- Ponte Sublicio (1914-1919; also referred to as "Ponte Aventino")
- Ponte di Probo (collapsed, only remains of the foundations preserved)
- Ponte Testaccio (1938-1948)
- Ponte dell'Industria (1863; also known as "Ponte di San Paolo" or today "Ponte di ferro", originally a railway bridge )
- Ponte Marconi (1937–1954)
- Ponte della Magliana (1930-1948)
- Ponte Monumentale di Mezzocammino (1938)
- Ponte di Tor Boacciana ("Ponte della Scafa")
See also
literature
- Silvia Koci Montanari: The ancient bridges of Rome . 96 pages (illustr.), Hardcover, 1st edition, Regensburg, Schnell & Steiner, 2006, ISBN 3-7954-1814-3
- Annamaria Ramieri: I Ponti di Roma . 295 pages (richly illustrated), Rome, Colombo Publishing House, 2003, ISBN 88-86359-49-7 content (PDF)
Web links
Commons : Ponti di Roma - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Bridges in Rome - collection of images, videos and audio files