Ponte Sisto (Rome)
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Ponte Sisto is a footbridge in Rome's historic centre, spanning the river Tiber. It connects Via del Pettinari in the Rione of Regola to Piazza Trilussa in Trastevere. The current bridge was built by Pope Sixtus IV between 1473 and 1479 as a replacement of a prior Roman bridge named Pons Aurelius. The Pons Antoninus was partially destroyed in 772 and rebuilt in its current form by Pope Sixtus IV, after whom it is still named to this day.
The predecessor bridge to Ponte Sisto, the Pons Aurelius was first mentioned by authors in the 4th and 5th centuries and was later known in the Middle Ages as "Pons Antoninus", "Pons Antonini in Arenula", and "Pons Ianicularis id est pons ruptus vulgariter nominatus et Tremelus et Antoninus".
The bridge is architecturally characteristic because of its central circular "eye". It connects the popular night-life areas near Campo de' Fiori and Trastevere and has become part of popular culture and recently featured in films, music videos, and adverts.
On the corner of via Pettinari and via Giulia once stood a fountain, a work of the Acqua Paola Aqueduct, the water of which was brought over the bridge from the Transtiberim to the Campo Marte via Ponte Sisto.
After the Unification of Italy in 1870, the buildings surrounding this fountain were destroyed, and the fountain itself relocated to Piazza Trilussa on the other side of the bridge, where it delivers water to this day.
The predecessor bridge to Ponte Sisto, the Pons Aurelius was first mentioned by authors in the 4th and 5th centuries and was later known in the Middle Ages as "Pons Antoninus", "Pons Antonini in Arenula", and "Pons Ianicularis id est pons ruptus vulgariter nominatus et Tremelus et Antoninus".
The bridge is architecturally characteristic because of its central circular "eye". It connects the popular night-life areas near Campo de' Fiori and Trastevere and has become part of popular culture and recently featured in films, music videos, and adverts.
On the corner of via Pettinari and via Giulia once stood a fountain, a work of the Acqua Paola Aqueduct, the water of which was brought over the bridge from the Transtiberim to the Campo Marte via Ponte Sisto.
After the Unification of Italy in 1870, the buildings surrounding this fountain were destroyed, and the fountain itself relocated to Piazza Trilussa on the other side of the bridge, where it delivers water to this day.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Sisto
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Coordinates: 41°53'32"N 12°28'14"E
- Ponte Sant'Angelo / Pons Aelius / Ponte Elio 1.2 km
- Ponte della Musica 4 km
- Ponte Milvio / Milvian Bridge 4.9 km
- Footbridge 34 km
- Footbridge 87 km
- Footbridge 207 km
- scout's bridge (wood bridge) 242 km
- Pedestrian overpass 307 km
- Pedestrian overpass 356 km
- Pedestrian overpass 383 km
- Trastevere 0.2 km
- Regola 0.3 km
- Gianicolo 0.5 km
- Sant'Angelo 0.6 km
- The Jewish Ghetto 0.6 km
- Sant'Eustachio 0.7 km
- Campitelli 1.2 km
- Ripa 1.2 km
- Aventine Hill 1.4 km
- Rome historical centre 1.5 km
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