Pont Fabricius

The bridge Fabricius ( Big shot Fabricio , usually also called “ Laying dei Quattro Capi ”, bridge of the Four Heads), connects the island Tibérine to bank of the Champ de Mars, close to the Théâtre of Marcellus and to the Forum Boarium. It is oldest of all the bridges of Rome.

History, epigraphy

The date of its construction is well-known for us, thanks to the historian Dion Cassius: it is that which followed the consulate of Cicéron, that is to say 62 av. J. - C.. It is confirmed by the aspect and the style of the repeated inscription four times, appearing upstream and downstream from the two principal arches: these redundant inscriptions immortalisent the name of certain Lucius Fabricius, “curator viarum” (in charge of the roadway system).

Other more discrete inscriptions point out restorations, one in 21 av. J. - C., after the great rising of 23 av. J. - C.; the other in 1679, by the Innocent pope XI.

Structure

The two large a little flattened arches have an opening of 24,50 m, the width of the bridge is of 5,50 m, and his overall length of 62 Mr. Two small arches of access were drowned in installations of the quay, at the end of the 19th century.

The piles are bored of “Dégueuloir S”, small openings in arcs which prevent that all the flood does not weigh on the structure at the time of the risings, and thus prevent the collapse of the work.

The balustrades (modern) are decorated of two Hermes (terminals of crossroads) will quadrifrons , i.e. presenting four faces. These terms of carved white stone very worn, certainly ancient, are placed there - or replaced - at the time of the restoration of the 17th century.

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