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Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta, also known as Principe bridge or PASA bridge from its acronym, is a bridge that connects the Lungotevere dei Sangallo to Piazza Della Rovere, in Rome, in the Ponte, Trastevere and Borgo districts.

The bridge was built by Pope Sixtus IV between 1473 and 1479 to allow the crossing of the Tiber on the site of an older Roman bridge. It connects the two banks of the river between via del Pettinari and piazza Trilussa. A first bridge was built by Agrippa, friend and son-in-law of the emperor Augustus before his death in 12 BC, probably to connect his properties on the opposite banks of the Tiber. The existence of this bridge is attested by the inscription on a stone of the magistrates who dealt with the river (curatores Tiberis) discovered in 1887, which speaks of works on the bridge at the time of Emperor Claudius. The bridge was initially identified with the remains of pylons visible in the river downstream of Ponte Sisto, which instead probably belong to a late fortification of the river.

The Pons Cestius (Latin for the "Cestian Bridge"; Italian: Ponte Cestio) is an ancient Roman bridge connecting the right bank of the Tiber with the west bank of Tiber Island in Rome, Italy. In Late Antiquity, the bridge was replaced and renamed the Pons Gratiani ("Bridge of Gratian"). It is also known as Ponte San Bartolomeo (Italian for "Bridge of St Bartholomew"). No more than one-third of the present stone bridge is of ancient material, as it was entirely rebuilt and extended in the 19th century after numerous earlier restorations. The original bridge was built around the 1st century BC (sometime between 62 and 27 BC),[citation needed] after the Pons Fabricius, which connects the other side of the island to the river's left bank. The identity of the Cestius referred to in the bridge's name has yet to be discovered. He may have been responsible for building the bridge or for later restoring an existing one and may have been a member of the gens Cestia during the later Roman Republic.

At the time of the foundation of Rome, the Trastevere area was a hostile land that belonged to the Etruscans of Veii (litus tuscus or ripa veiens), disputed with the newborn city because it was strategic for the control of the river, the ford of the Tiber island and the ancient river port. It was then connected with the rest of the city via the Sublicius pons, from which the Via Campana started towards the salt pans on the Tyrrhenian Sea and later the Via Aurelia towards the Etruscan cities. In the Republican era it was populated by those workers whose activities were linked to the river, such as sailors and fishermen, together with oriental immigrants, mainly Jews and Syrians. For this reason, some temples of oriental cults arose in the area, including the so-called Syriac Sanctuary on the Janiculum. The consideration of the area as part of the city begins with the emperor Augustus, who divided the territory of Rome into 14 regions; ....

The Pons Fabricius (Italian: Ponte Fabricio, "Fabrician Bridge") or Ponte dei Quattro Capi, is the oldest Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, still existing in its original state.[1] Built in 62 BC, it spans half of the Tiber River, from the Campus Martius on the east side to Tiber Island in the middle (the Pons Cestius is west of the island). Quattro Capi ("four heads") refers to the two marble pillars of the two-faced Janus herms on the parapet, which were moved here from the nearby Church of St Gregory (Monte Savello) in the 14th century. According to Dio Cassius, the bridge was built in 62 BC, the year after Cicero was consulted, to replace an earlier wooden bridge destroyed by fire. It was commissioned by Lucius Fabricius, the curator of the roads and a member of the gens Fabricia of Rome. Completely intact from Roman antiquity, it has been in continuous use ever since.

DISCOVER THE MOST SECRET WINE CELLAR IN ROME “FABULLUS” Rome Wine Tasting | Food Tasting with Wine Pairing in Rome. | In the heart of the most characteristic district of Rome, Trastevere, it is located in the basement of an 18th-century building, the Wine Cellar Fabullus, a Rome wine cellar. An authentic underground cellar, obtained from the careful and skillful recovery of a Roman cistern from the 1st century AD, furnished with antique objects and furniture that make this place unique. “Life is too short to drink mediocre wines.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Original Roman marble, ancient artifacts, furniture, and things related to the production of wine decorate the walls and wooden shelves, which make this place welcoming and pleasant. Over the years, this wine cellar in Rome has become a place for tastings of excellent products for lovers of products with authentic taste and faithful to the ancient tradition of Italian food and wine culture.

The Promenade of the Janiculum, from which you can enjoy one of the most evocative views of the historic center of Rome, is made up of two large avenues lined with plane trees, bordering the Villa Aurelia, which meet in Piazzale Garibaldi. They then continue along a single road that winds down towards the church of Sant'Onofrio, built to complete the Walk in 1939. The area, theater of the heroic events of the fighters for the Roman Republic in 1849, was transformed in 1883 by the new Italian institutions into a public promenade and dedicated to the memory of the Defense of Rome. At the edges of the avenues there are 84 busts of the illustrious Garibaldians who fought for the defense of Rome in 1849. Among the main monuments are the equestrian statue of Emilio Gallori dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi and the equestrian monument to Anita Garibaldi created by Mario Rutelli in 1930s and the lighthouse donated to the city by the Italians of Argentina on the occasion of the fiftieth ...

Tiber Island (Italian: Isola Tiberina, Latin: Insula Tiberina) is the only river island in the part of the Tiber that runs through Rome. It is located in the southern bend of the Tiber. The island is boat-shaped, approximately 270 meters (890 feet) long and 67 meters (220 feet) wide, and has been connected with bridges to both sides of the river since antiquity. As the seat of the ancient temple of Asclepius and later a hospital, it is associated with medicine and healing. The Fatebenefratelli Hospital, founded in the 16th century, and the church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, dating from the 10th century, are located on the island. The Western end of Tiber Island. The travertine stone gives a distinctive trireme shape. Since antiquity, the island has been linked to the rest of Rome by two bridges. It was once called Insula Inter-Duos-Pontes, which means "the island between the two bridges". The Ponte Fabricio, the only original bridge in Rome, connects the island from the ....