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PONTE PIETRA
At the northern edge of the city centre, this bridge is a quiet but remarkable testament to the Italians' love of their
artistic heritage. Two of the bridge's arches date from the Roman Republican era in the 1st century BC, while the
other three were replaced in the 13th century. The ancient bridge remained largely intact until 1945, when retreat-
ing German troops blew it up. But locals fished the fragments out of the river, and painstakingly rebuilt the bridge
stone by stone in the 1950s.
