Penkalas Bridge
Coordinates: 39 ° 11 ′ 55 ″ N , 29 ° 36 ′ 37 ″ E
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| Crossing of | Bedir Çayı ( Penkalas ) | |
| place | Çavdarhisar in the province of Kütahya ( Turkey ) | |
| construction | Arch bridge with vaulted vaults | |
| Number of openings | 5 | |
| construction time | 2nd century AD | |
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The Penkalas Bridge is a Roman bridge over the Penkalas (today Bedir Çayı ), a small tributary of the Kocaçay ( Rhyndakos ), in Aizanoi ( Çavdarhisar in Turkey ) in Asia Minor .
The five-arched stone bridge from the 2nd century AD is one of four former Roman bridges in Aizanoi and, due to its central location near the Zeus sanctuary and the direct connection to the trunk road to Kotiaion (today's Kütahya ), should have been in ancient times most significant river crossing. According to reports from early European explorers, the ancient parapet was preserved until at least 1829 and has now been replaced by a not very handsome iron railing.
Approx. 290 m downstream there is another well-preserved ancient bridge over the Penkalas, which is almost identical.
literature
- Vittorio Galliazzo: I ponti romani. Volume 2: Catalogo generale. Edizioni Canova, Treviso 1994, ISBN 88-85066-66-6 , p. 403 (No. 839).
- Colin O'Connor: Roman Bridges. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 , p. 124 (No. E12).
See also
Web links
- Aizanoi and the Penkalas Bridge at Romeartlover