Ponte d'Augusto (Narni)

42.52527777777812.514444444444Koordinaten: 42 ° 31 ' 31 " N, 12 ° 30' 52" E

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Via Flaminia

Nera

The Ponte d' Augusto (Italian for "Bridge of Augustus " ) is a Roman arch bridge in the Italian town of Narni, Umbria region, which spanned the river Nera there. Of the once four arches of the 160 meter long bridge has now become the most southern arc is still preserved.

The 30-meter high-rise building was one of the largest built by the Romans bridges.

The 27 BC, built of travertine under Augustus bridge was part and congestion of the Via Flaminia and was passed over for centuries by all Romreisenden.

The French painter Jean -Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) created in 1826 the famous painting " The Augustus Bridge at Narni ," which today is located in Paris's Musée du Louvre.

Design and data

Span lengths of the probable total of four sheets: 19.20 m, 32.10 m, 18.00 m and 16.00 m, wherein the first, southern arc is obtained.