Monuments
Ponte Romano
"The die is cast": these are the words Giulio Cesare is said to have spoken as he crossed the Ponte Romano over the river Rubicone, at Savignano sul Rubicone. The bridge is 24.20 m long, 10 m high and 7 m wide.
"The die is cast". These are the words Giulio Cesare is said to have spoken as he crossed the Ponte Romano over the river Rubicone, at Savignano sul Rubicone. Architecturally, the bridge consists of three arches with trapezoidal blocks of Istrian stone resting on two central piers; the riverbed is lined with slabs of pink marble, currently covered by river debris. Near the Ponte Romano stands a bronze statue of Giulio Cesare, very similar to the one found in Rimini's Piazza Tre Martiri.
Good to know
- The bridge is 24.20 m long, 10 m high and 7 m wide.
- There is no precise information about its date of construction: some scholars date it to the year the via Emilia was built (187 BC), some to the early imperial period and to Ottaviano Augusto (emperor from 27 BC to 14 AD), and others to the 1st century BC (arguing that the Ponte Romano of Savignano would be older than the Ponte di Tiberio in Rimini).
- It is very likely that the Istrian stone used to build the bridge was brought to Savignano by sea.
Photo credits - Wikipedia, Marco Musmeci
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