Ponte Pietra (Pons Marmoreus)
The arch at the far left is the only one which escaped destruction in 1945.
Crosses	Adige River
Locale	Verona, Italy
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Travertine, brick
Total length	120 m
Number of spans	5
Completion date	100 BC 1957
Closed	April 1945 (4 of 5 spans destroyed)
Coordinates	45°26′52″N 11°00′00″E / 45.447771°N 11°E / 45.447771; 11 (Ponte Pietra)Coordinates: 45°26′52″N 11°00′00″E / 45.447771°N 11°E / 45.447771; 11 (Ponte Pietra)

The Ponte Pietra (Italian for "Stone Bridge"), once known as the Pons Marmoreus, is a Roman arch bridge crossing the Adige River in Verona, Italy. The bridge was completed in 100 BC, and the Via Postumia from Genua to the Brenner Pass passed over it.

It originally flanked another Roman bridge, the Pons Postumius; both structures provided the city (on the right bank) with access to the Roman theatre on the east bank. The arch nearest to the right bank of the Adige was rebuilt in 1298 by Alberto I della Scala. Four arches of the bridge were blown up by retreating German troops in World War II, but rebuilt in 1957 with original materials.

[edit] Sources

• Galliazzo, Vittorio (1994), I ponti romani. Catalogo generale, Vol. 2, Treviso: Edizioni Canova, pp. 223–226 (No. 456), ISBN 88-85066-66-6 
• O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, pp. 93f. (No. I169), ISBN 0-521-39326-4 

[edit] See also

• List of Roman bridges
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

[edit] External links

• Media related to Ponte Pietra (Verona) at Wikimedia Commons
• Ponte Pietra in the Structurae database
• Ponte Pietra - 360° Virtual Tour and photos

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