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In the 19th century, the bridge was often called the Ponte di San Giuliano. [3] It was designated as a national monument in 1885. [28] A note from the municipal government on 24 August 1894 reported that the riverbed had risen by 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) since 1876. [34] The Ponte di Tiberio in a 1927 postcard
The arch was built in 27 BC, commissioned by the Roman Senate in honour of Augustus, who had become the first Roman emperor in the same year. It was built at the northern end of the Via Flaminia, [2] [3] a Roman road between Ariminum (modern Rimini) and Rome constructed in 220 BC by Gaius Flaminius, [3] [4] and at the start of Ariminum 's decumanus maximus (Corso d'Augusto). [11]
Ponte di Tiberio, September 2007 Ponte di Tiberio. Constructed between 14 and 21 AD under the reigns of emperors Augustus and Tiberius, [148] [149] the bridge over the Marecchia was built to showcase the impressiveness of Roman monumental infrastructure, [150] and it is the oldest surviving Roman bridge to be decorated with Greek orders. [151]
Schematic map of the Via Aemilia through the Roman Empire's Regio VIII Aemilia Route of Via Aemilia (in light brown, between Placentia and Ariminum). The Via Aemilia (Italian: Via Emilia, English: Aemilian Way) was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from Ariminum (), on the Adriatic coast, to Placentia on the River Padus ().
The Pons Agrippae (Bridge of Agrippa) was an ancient bridge across the River Tiber in Rome. It was located 160 metres above the Ponte Sisto, and is known from an inscribed cippus set up by the curatores riparum during the Principate of the Emperor Claudius, suggesting it was built during or before the reign of Claudius. It was restored in 147 AD.
Ponte Sant'Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, is a Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), to span the Tiber from the city centre to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo.
The Pons Aemilius (Latin for the "Aemilian Bridge"; Italian: Ponte Emilio) is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome. Preceded by a wooden version, it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BC. It once spanned the Tiber, connecting the Forum Boarium, the Roman cattle market, on the east with Trastevere on the west.
Joe's Cable Car Restaurant was a restaurant founded in 1965, [1] and owned and operated by Joe Obegi until 2014. [2] [3] The restaurant was a popular tourists' destination, which was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in 2008. [4] [5] Though it was a popular landmark on Mission Street in the Excelsior District of San Francisco, it closed ...