Stone footbridge
The Steinerne Steg is an old bridge over the Passer in Merano in the Burggrafenamt ( South Tyrol ). The two-arched bridge was built in 1616-17 in place of an older wooden bridge by the Brixen architect Andrä Tanner; it is closed to car traffic today. The assumption that can sometimes be found that the Italian name Ponte Romano refers to a previous Roman building does not correspond to historical facts: The name was freely invented by the fascist authorities in 1935 as part of their Italianization campaign in South Tyrol . In the Merano address book from 1929, Ponte di Pietra is still listed as a name. The bridge is a monument (number 16054) in South Tyrol.
See also
Web links
Commons : Steinerner Steg - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Colin O'Connor: Roman Bridges . Cambridge Univ. Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 , pp. 95 .
- ↑ Alpenzeitung, May 16, 1935.
- ↑ Indicatore di Merano - Meraner Adressbuch 1929.
- ↑ Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 17.7 " N , 11 ° 10 ′ 9.3" E