The Roman bridge of Canosa di Puglia: a metrological approach

Germano Germanò

Abstract

The Roman bridge of Canosa (Southern Italy) was built in the 2^nd century A.D. to cross the Ofanto river along the Via Traiana, the route that connected Rome with the port of Brindisi, on the Adriatic Sea. Over the centuries, architectural transformations have deeply altered the original structure, making it lose the traces of the monumental central arch. A metrological approach in the study of the monument has proven to be essential to formulate hypotheses about the original configuration of the bridge and to include its central span as one of the longest among the bridges of the Roman age.

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