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The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
Roman bridges are characterized by their robust construction and the use of semi-circular arches, which are arches with a circular arc that rest on thick piers with a width approximately half the span of the arch. [4] The Milvius bridge over the Tiber in Rome. The Aemilius Bridge, now designated Ponte Rotto, is the oldest extant stone bridge in ...
Ariminum (modern Rimini) was founded as an ancient Roman colonia in 268 BC, when the Roman Senate sent 6,000 settlers to the bank of the river Ariminus (). [27] Construction of the Ponte di Tiberio started during the reign of Roman emperor Augustus in 14 AD and finished under his successor, Augustus' adoptive son Tiberius, in 21 AD.
Gubbiotti shared hopes that the bridge will bring new business to the area. The bridge, which opened in time for the Easter holiday weekend, takes a maximum of 90 visitors per hour-long slot ...
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side, and partially into a vertical load on the arch supports.
The Ponte della Costituzione (English: Constitution Bridge) is the fourth bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava , and was moved into place in 2007 (connecting Stazione di Santa Lucia to Piazzale Roma ), amid protest by politicians and the general public.
This list of bridges in Italy lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and ...
The bridge was built between 1972 and 1978 by Società C.M.F. S.p.A. with architectural and urban architects Adriano Montemagni and Paolo Sica, and structural design engineer Fabrizio de Miranda. The project won the national competition organized by the Municipality of Florence in 1968, and immediately attracted attention because it involved a ...