Eternal Rome, Italy’s capital
The Ponte Emilio or, in Latin, Pons Aemilius, the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome. Preceded by a wooden version, it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BCE and once spanned the Tiber, connecting the Forum Boarium with Trastevere; a single arch in mid-river is all that remains today, lending the bridge its name Ponte Rotto (“Broken Bridge”).
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun Oct 30, 1994