Ponte Sant'Angelo

<p>Ponte Sant'Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, is a <a href="/facts/Roman_bridge/8osCfVKm">Roman bridge</a> in <a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a>, <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a>, completed in 134 AD by <a href="/facts/Roman_Emperor/sT4nFc67">Roman Emperor</a> <a href="/facts/Hadrian/e1RoggvV">Hadrian</a> (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), to span the <a href="/facts/Tiber/zbk9Wajq">Tiber</a> from the city centre to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering <a href="/facts/Castel_Sant%27Angelo/mFwebgl1">Castel Sant'Angelo</a>. The bridge is faced with <a href="/facts/Travertine/k7yThLFw">travertine</a> marble and spans the Tiber with five arches, three of which are Roman; it was approached by means of a ramp from the river. The bridge is now solely pedestrian and provides a scenic view of Castel Sant'Angelo. It links the <a href="/facts/Rione/0y1jGJ13">rioni</a> of <a href="/facts/Ponte_(rione_of_Rome)/NoeWFFcg">Ponte</a> (which was named after the bridge itself), and <a href="/facts/Borgo_(rione_of_Rome)/7PxrqGxP">Borgo</a>, to which the bridge administratively belongs.
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Ponte Sant'Angelo