Ponte Novu (Castello di Rostino)
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 28 ' N , 9 ° 19' E | ||
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| Country | France | ||
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| Department | Haute-Corse department | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | FR-COR | ||
| Arrondissement | Arrondissement of Corte | ||
| height | 167 m | ||
| Residents | 50 | ||
 Vue de l'agglomération de Ponte-Novu dans la vallée du Golo
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Ponte Novu (French Ponte-Novo , Italian Ponte Nuovo ) is a village in northeast Corsica . It belongs to the municipality of Castello-di-Rostino in the Corte arrondissement of the Haute-Corse department . Ponte Novu is 167 m above sea level on the bridge of the RN 193 over the Golo on the Bastia - Corte route and has 50 inhabitants. In 1769 the battle of Ponte Novu took place here . In the village there is a museum dedicated to Pasquale Paoli , the leader of the Corsicans in this battle.
The old Ponte Novu bridge was destroyed in World War II and replaced by a new bridge structure. The people of Ponte Novu organize a memorial ceremony around the broken arch of the bridge on each anniversary of the battle.
Ponte Novu has a train station on the Bastia- Ajaccio line , which is served by the Chemins de fer de la Corse .
At Ponte Novu is the Village miniature de Carriolu with miniature editions of the island's most architecturally remarkable stone buildings.
Gare de Ponte Novu, 2017
Monument aux morts de Ponte Novu, 2017
Village miniature de Carriolu, 2011
Ponte Novu, 2009
New bridge over the RN 193, 2013
