Ponte di Pioraco
Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ′ 45 ″ N , 12 ° 59 ′ 5 ″ E
| Ponte di Pioraco | ||
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| Convicted | Branch of the Via Flaminia | |
| Crossing of | Potenza | |
| place | Pioraco ( Italy ) | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 2 (including discharge form) | |
| construction time | Period of Augustus (27 BC-14 AD) | |
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The Ponte di Pioraco is a Roman bridge in Pioraco , Macerata Province ( central Italy ).
The structure, presumably built under Augustus , belonged to a side street of the Via Flaminia , which ran from Nocera Umbra in an easterly direction via Pioraco, San Severino , Treia and Osimo to Ancona . The bridge consists of a single arched vault, on the side of which there is a small segmental arch that rises from the floor and reaches halfway up the main arch; the auxiliary arch serves to relieve the ramp.
The Ponte del Gran Caso , also in central Italy, has a similar structure.
Individual evidence
literature
- Colin O'Connor: Roman Bridges , Cambridge University Press 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 , pp. 85, 171