Ponte d'Augusto (Rimini)
Coordinates: 44 ° 3 ′ 49 ″ N , 12 ° 33 ′ 50 ″ E
| Ponte d'Augusto (Pons Augustus) (Ponte di Tiberio) |
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| Convicted | Via Aemilia | |
| Crossing of | Marecchia (ancient ariminus) | |
| place | Rimini ( Italy ) | |
| construction | Arch bridge with vaulted vaults | |
| overall length | 62.6 m (between abutments) | |
| width | 8.6 m | |
| Number of openings | 5 | |
| Clear width | Max. 8.17 m | |
| construction time | 20 AD | |
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The Ponte d'Augusto or Pons Augustus (also Ponte di Tiberio ) is a Roman bridge over the old part of the Marecchia in Rimini ( Italy ). It is used by road traffic (except for heavy trucks).
Work on the stone arch bridge began under Augustus and ended under his successor Tiberius in AD 20. The approximately 62 m long and 8.6 m wide bridge has five round arches with different spans from 7.14 m to 8.17 m and very massive pillars, resulting in field lengths of up to 10.6 m. The bridge is clad in marble and decorated with blind windows on the pillars.
The bridge was described and illustrated by Andrea Palladio in his I quattro libri dell'architettura , published in Venice in 1570 , but with significantly narrower pillars. The work was completely translated into English in 1715 by Giacomo Leoni, who worked in England . Palladio's illustration served the Irish bridge builder George Smith as a template for the design of Green's Bridge in Kilkenny , Ireland, which opened in 1766 .
See also
literature
- Colin O'Connor: Roman Bridges , Cambridge University Press 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 , pp. 84f.
- Andrea Palladio: I quattro libri dell'architettura . Venice 1570. Edition from the estate of Lessing J. Rosenwald in the Library of Congress , p. 23 of the third book (PDF, 178 p.)
