GIACOMO MATTEOTTI BRIDGE

PONTE GIACOMO MATTEOTTI

Piazza delle Cinque Giornate/Via Azuni

1924/29 Augusto Antonelli (1880/1960)

Inspired by the ancient Roman bridges, especially the Fabricius Bridge and therefore built in tuff coated with brick and travertine

It is 138.60 m (455 feet) long

The original name was PONTE LITTORIO

Dedicated in the post-war period to the socialist deputy Giacomo Matteotti (1885/1924) kidnapped by Fascists thugs near the bridge in 1924 and later killed

CAVOUR BRIDGE

PONTE CAVOUR

Via Vittoria Colonna/Piazza del Porto di Ripetta

1896/1901 from the design of the Milanese Angelo Vescovali (1826/95) head of the municipal hydraulic office who, besides this, designed four other bridges in the center of Rome (Garibaldi, Umberto I, Regina Margherita and Palatino)

To build it was unfortunately necessary to destroy the beautiful Port of Ripetta by Alessandro Specchi