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Ponte delle Torri


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Ponte delle Torri

Ponte delle Torri
Il ponte delle Torri è un maestoso monumento in calcare locale lungo 236 metri e alto 80. É un ponte-acquedotto che, sorretto da dieci arcate e nove poderosi pilastri in pietra, unisce il Colle Sant'Elia, il punto più alto della città di Spoleto, con Monteluco. Secondo alcuni fu costruito tra XIII e il XIV sec. su un precedente acquedotto romano che serviva probabilmente a portare l'acqua dalle sorgenti di Cortaccione a Spoleto. Quest'opera deve verosimilmente il proprio nome alle due fortezze poste alle estremità, motivo per cui nell'antichità veniva chiamato "pons inter Turres": la Rocca Albornoziana e il Fortilizio dei Mulini.
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The Bridge is an imposing monument 236 meters long and 80 meters high, which connects Colle Sant'Elia with Monteluco. It is made of local limestone and supported by ten arches and nine piers. Some say it was built between the 13th and 14th century on a former Roman aqueduct, which probably served to bring water from the source of Cortaccione into Spoleto. Some scholars also think the bridge owes his name to the two forts placed at the sides, which might explain the reasons why it was once called "Pons inter Turres": the Rocca Albornoziana and the Fortilizio dei Mulini.
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8 comments - The latest ones
 Joe, Son of the Rock
Joe, Son of the Rock club
I love the repeating shapes of the arches, Dany.
3 years ago.
 Daniela Brocca
Daniela Brocca club
Yes, Joe, in 3 days I saw a lot of beautiful things and this is one of the best. The centre of Italy is beautiful.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Nicolas Mertens
Nicolas Mertens club
What a view!
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to Nicolas Mertens club
Thanks, Nicolas, you are right. I think it's the first I see. In the outskirts of Rome there are some roman acqueducts and in all the times I was there I never visited. That's what happens with big cities.
3 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Das ist eine tolle Brücke, man sieht, dass sie alt ist!
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to Gudrun club
Ja, es ist mittelalterlich und vielleicht war auf eine ältere römische gebaut, aber das ist nicht sicher.
3 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Ein gewaltiges und wohl schon altes Bauwerk...
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to ©UdoSm club
Alt ist es sicher, Udo.
3 years ago.

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