Ponte dell'Abbadia

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Coordinates: 42 ° 25 ′ 48 ″  N , 11 ° 37 ′ 54 ″  E

Ponte dell'Abbadia
Ponte dell'Abbadia
The Ponte dell'Abbadia with Castello dell'Abbadia
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.
location
Ponte dell'Abbadia (Lazio)
Ponte dell'Abbadia

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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