{"id":27418,"date":"2015-02-13T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T12:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitascoli.webeing.net\/punti-interesse\/i-ponti-storici-di-ascoli-piceno-il-ponte-di-porta-solesta\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:28:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T09:28:30","slug":"historic-bridges-in-ascoli-piceno-the-bridge-in-porta-solesta","status":"publish","type":"punti-interesse","link":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/attractions\/historic-bridges-in-ascoli-piceno-the-bridge-in-porta-solesta\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic bridges in Ascoli Piceno: The bridge in Porta Solest\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Porta Solest\u00e0<\/strong> <strong>bridge<\/strong> in Ascoli Piceno is truly among the most interesting and best-preserved bridges that <strong>Romans<\/strong> erected throughout their Empire.\u00a0The bridge was ordered by Emperor Augustus to connect the two banks of the Tronto River and more generally the two Roman provinces of Ascoli and Fermo.\u00a0The project was part of his Empire renovation policy, including, among other things, the implementation of a dense and well-maintained road network.<\/p>\n<p>The road surface length reaches 62 meters while the width is 6.50 meters, allowing wagons to cross each other. The technique used is the \u201cOpus quadratum\u201d entirely made of travertine.\u00a0The large stone blocks are neatly placed one on top of the other so as the point of adhesion between one and the other lies on the block below.\u00a0Therefore the structure was &#8220;dry&#8221; built without using mortar.<\/p>\n<p>The great arch is over 22 meters wide, a sign of <strong>great Roman engineering skills<\/strong>.\u00a0Restoration and consolidation work followed in 1929-30 and 1937-38.For this reason, the bridge was emptied, and the infill material (soil, river stones, rubble) was used to sustain the Roman road surface and fill its potholes.\u00a0A reinforced concrete walkway that fulfills the function of supporting the structure, and withstanding car traffic vibrations, has been created inside.\u00a0We must not forget that <strong>the bridge use never stopped<\/strong>, <strong>presuming that the road has been traveled since forever<\/strong>, from the Roman to Middle Age, from Renaissance until today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are in the city of 100 Towers, among the bridges to see and cross in Ascoli Piceno, you can\u2019t certainly miss the Augustan one in Porta Solest\u00e0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"cose_da_fare":[598,613,614],"stagione":[599,602,600,601],"avvenimento":[],"passione":[603,604],"pianifica_per":[606,607,608,605],"in_che_modo":[610,611,609],"class_list":["post-27418","punti-interesse","type-punti-interesse","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cose_da_fare-in-a-day","cose_da_fare-in-a-week","cose_da_fare-in-a-weekend-en","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter","passione-art-culture","passione-fotografia-en","pianifica_per-couple","pianifica_per-family","pianifica_per-single-en-2","pianifica_per-with-children","in_che_modo-by-bike","in_che_modo-sightseeing-train","in_che_modo-on-foot"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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