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Romanesque Bridge in Posticciola (Old Bridge)

Romanesque Bridge in Posticciola (Old Bridge)

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Romanesque Bridge in Posticciola (Old Bridge)

Name: Romanesque Bridge in Posticciola (Old Bridge)
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Location: Rocca Sinibalda, Rieti, Lazio, Italy

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2. View of Turano Valley and Dam – Forest Road Summit loop from Casali di Poggio Nativo

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3. Ancient Spring – Lago del Turano loop from Oliveto Sabino

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Marco Ciaraxxx

November 19, 2023

The Romanesque bridge dates back to the 11th century, but was probably built on a pre-existing building of an unspecified period, of rare beauty, still usable but which requires urgent and significant restoration. In the two pillars it is possible to notice the three "holes" used to insert wooden poles horizontally, capable of supporting the "centre" for closing the stone arch. As you pass the bridge on the left, going up towards Posticciola, there is still a clear trace of "Garitta Muraria" where the border point with the Papal State and Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was made, and with the "horizontal transhumance" the duty for the ride.
Transhumance has an ancient history which most likely coincides with the history of breeding itself and was regulated and disciplined since Roman times by a set of laws of taxes to be paid in the various customs. Transhumance derives from the Latin "trans" (beyond) and "humus" (earth) = pastoralism transmigrating with the seasons, along the sheep tracks (from the Latin "tractoria" = the shepherds' roads). In southern Italy transhumance was divided into "vertical" and "horizontal". The first concerned the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, with several sheep tracks that connected from Abruzzo to Puglia (the most important was the famous "Tratturo Magno"). Horizontal transhumance, however, also of ancient origins, descended into the Roman countryside and increased considerably in 1477, when Pope Sixtus IV forced all the shepherds of the "Kingdom of the Church" to take their animals to winter in the Agro Romano. Transhumance in Lazio reached its peak starting from 1800, when the "vertical" one entered into crisis. This was usually in provincial sections from Umbria towards Civitavecchia, from the Marche towards Polo and Maccarese, from Abruzzo towards the Roman countryside, from Ciociaria towards Anzio and Terracina. magiadelturano.it/index.php/posticciola/ponte-romanico

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Location: Rocca Sinibalda, Rieti, Lazio, Italy

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Romanesque Bridge in Posticciola (Old Bridge)

1. Lago del Turano – View of Lake Turano loop from Colle di Tora

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3. Ancient Spring – Lago del Turano loop from Oliveto Sabino

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