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Ponte di Pietra (Porta Napoli Bridge)

Ponte di Pietra (Porta Napoli Bridge)

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Ponte di Pietra (Porta Napoli Bridge)

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Location: Taranto, Apulia, Italy

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Giovanni Schinaia - Taranto Puglia

January 31, 2022

The entrance to the Old Town coming from Statte or Massafra

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ChTh

May 26, 2024

Historic bridge that leads from the ferry port to the old town.

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Giuseppe Lomartire

August 4, 2024

The "Stone Bridge", also called "Porta Napoli Bridge" and today dedicated to Sant'Egidio Maria da Taranto, was built in 1883 after a disastrous flood (on the night between 14 and 15 September of the same year) destroyed the seven-arch bridge built in the 10th century. A.D. by Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas.

The ancient Byzantine structure followed a slightly different axis from the current one to better respond to the risk of attack.

Under the threat of increasingly frequent military incursions, the bridge, as well as the western access to the city f

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Ponte di Pietra (Porta Napoli Bridge)

1. Historic Center of Taranto – Aragonese Castle of Taranto loop from Faggiano

2. Aragonese Castle of Taranto – Historic Center of Taranto loop from Talsano

3. Aragonese Castle of Taranto – Trails to Mar Piccolo loop from Taranto

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