Penkalas Bridge
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Penkalas Bridge | |
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Penkalas Bridge in 1992 | |
Coordinates | 39°12′03″N 29°36′44″E / 39.200833°N 29.612222°E |
Crosses | Penkalas (Kocaçay) |
Locale | Aezani, Turkey |
Characteristics | |
Design | Arch bridge |
Material | Stone |
No. of spans | 5 |
History | |
Construction end | 2nd century AD |
Location | |
The Penkalas Bridge is a Roman bridge over the Penkalas (today Kocaçay), a small tributary of the Rhyndakos (Adırnas Çayı), in Aezani, Asia Minor (Çavdarhisar in present-day Turkey).
The 2nd-century AD structure was once one of four ancient bridges in Aezani and is assumed to have been the most important crossing-point due to its central location in the vicinity of the Zeus temple and the direct access it provided to the Roman road to Cotyaeum (Kütahya).[1] According to reports by European travellers, the ancient parapet remained in use as late as 1829, having been replaced today by an iron railing.[1]
Around 290 m upstream, another well-preserved, almost identical five-arched Roman bridge leads across the Penkalas.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Galliazzo 1994, p. 403
Sources
- Galliazzo, Vittorio (1994), I ponti romani. Catalogo generale, vol. 2, Treviso: Edizioni Canova, p. 403 (No. 839), ISBN 88-85066-66-6
- O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, p. 124 (No. E12), ISBN 0-521-39326-4
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aizanoi Roman bridge (south).
- Aezani and the Penkalas Bridge at Romeartlover
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