Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini)
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The Bridge of Tiberius, historically also the Bridge of Augustus or the Bridge of Saint Julian, is a Roman bridge in Rimini, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
The bridge viewed from downstream, September 2007
Background of St Jerome in the Desert (c. 1480) by Giovanni Bellini, depicting the Ponte d'Augusto
A 1741 drawing of the bridge by architect Antonio Visentini, showing the Porta Bologna
The Ponte di Tiberio in a 1927 postcard
Classical order
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An order in architecture is a certain assemblage of parts subject to uniform established proportions, regulated by the office that each part has to perform. Coming down to the present from Ancient Gre
Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini)
…monumental infrastructure, emphasised by its religious-theological decorative artwork, and it is the oldest surviving Roman bridge to be decorated with Greek orders. In 552, the Ponte di Tiberio was intentionally damaged by the Gothic commander Usdrila to prevent the passage of Narses' Byzantine army; it was damaged…
Greek orders with full height
Doric capital of the Parthenon from Athens
Ionic capital from the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court of the British Museum (London)
Aeolic capital from the Temple of Athena in Old Smyrna