Ponte dell'Abbadia
Coordinates: 42 ° 25 ′ 48 ″ N , 11 ° 37 ′ 54 ″ E
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| Convicted | Vulci - Tarquinia street | |
| Crossing of | Fiora | |
| place | Lazio ( Italy ) | |
| construction | Arch bridge with vaulted vaults | |
| Number of openings | 1 | |
| construction time | Around 90 BC Chr. | |
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The Ponte dell'Abbadia is a historic bridge between the Etruscan cities of Vulci and Tarquinia in the Italian region of Lazio , Province of Viterbo . It was made around 90 BC. Built on the foundations of a previous Etruscan bridge.
The bridge leads at a height of 30 meters over the river Fiora to the medieval castle Castello dell'Abbadia . Castle, a former Cistercian monastery , now houses the Archaeological Museum of Vulci, where archaeological finds from Etruscan times, rare among other black Bucchero -Tongefäße be issued.
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Commons : Ponte dell'Abbadia - collection of images
