Pont Julien

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Coordinates: 43 ° 51 ′ 45 ″  N , 5 ° 18 ′ 24 ″  E

Pont Julien
Pont Julien
View from the west
Convicted Via Domitia
Crossing of Calavon
place near Bonnieux ( France )
construction Arch bridge with vaulted vaults
overall length 117.70 m
width 5.90 m
Number of openings 3
Clear width Max. 16 m
Clear height 9 m
completion 3 v. Chr.
location
Pont Julien (Vaucluse)
Pont Julien

The Pont Julien is a Roman stone arch bridge from 3 BC. In Provence .

Location and surroundings

The Pont Julien spans the Calavon about five kilometers north of the town of Bonnieux in the French department of Vaucluse . The bridge is part of the Via Domitia , a Roman road that connected Narbonne ( Colonia Narbo Martius ) with Turin ( Augusta Taurinorum ). Its name is derived from its proximity to the city of Apt ( Colonia Apta Julia ). It replaced an older bridge, the traces of which can still be traced on individual pillars.

Construction and data

The Pont Julien is 117.70 m long and 5.90 m wide, the drivable area is 4.20 m wide. The height of the bridge rising towards the middle reaches 9 m at the apex. It consists of three arches, the middle one being higher than the two flanking it. The middle arch has a span of 16 m and the two flanking arches each have a span of 10.20 m. The middle bridge piers are also broken up by large arched openings in order to offer less contact surface for possible floods . The limestone from which the bridge was built comes from the quarries of the nearby Luberon .

History of the structure

The Roman bridge was part of Departementstrasse 108 until spring 2005 and was used accordingly; At that time a parallel bridge was put into operation about 100 m away as part of a short bypass road. Thanks to its 2000 years of use, the Pont Julien is one of the best preserved Roman bridges in France.

literature

  • Philippe Murati: Ponts de Provence , Nice 1994, pp. 19-20

See also

Web links

Commons : Pont Julien  - Collection of Images