PIETRO NENNI BRIDGE

PONTE PIETRO NENNI

Lungotevere Arnaldo da Brescia/Lungotevere Michelangelo

1974 Silvano Zorzi (1921/94) who executed a 1965 project by Luigi Moretti (1907/73)

It was opened only in 1980 when the Line A of the Rome Metro was completed

It is 121,60 m (399 feet) long

It is also known as PONTE DELLA METROPOLITANA (Metro Bridge)

“In the sixties Silvano Zorzi is among the first in Italy to deal with the design of bridges and viaducts in the system of the overhang structures (horizontal beams firmly connected to one end only). In industrial manufacturing, in marine and ground installations he researches typological solutions through the design of industrially produced building components. His whole production moves from the knowledge that the engineering artifacts are permanent architectures of the landscape and then he looks for the structural lightness, constructive and figurative” (G.L. Ciagà - Gli archivi di architettura in Lombardia. Censimento delle fonti)

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

GARIBALDI BRIDGE

PONTE GARIBALDI

Piazza Gioacchino Belli/Via Arenula

1884/88 Angelo Vescovali (1826/95)

The original two-bay bridge in metal, resting on a central pylon and two shoulders covered with travertine, was enlarged and rebuilt in concrete in the years 1955/57 by the engineer and mathematician from Trieste Giulio Krall (1901/71)

It is 120.40 m (395 feet) long

The first name was PONTE ALLA REGOLA (Bridge of the Regola district) but it was later dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807/22) of whom are mentioned eight battles he won in the markings on the “Four Pillars” on the ends of the bridge

FLAMINIUM BRIDGE

PONTE FLAMINIO

Corso Francia

1938/43 Armando Brasini (1879/1965) with the engineer expert in reinforced concrete Aristide Giannelli (1888/1970)

Finished 1947/51 after the break for the war

Restored 1952/64 for a structural problem

Formerly known as PONTE 28 OTTOBRE (October 28 Bridge), the day of the fascist march on Rome, and then, after the war, as PONTE DELLA LIBERTÀ (Liberty Bridge)

According to the original plan there should have been a huge triumphal arch at the north entrance that Mussolini himself did not want to be made

On the big stones along the bridge are carved the main milestones of the Cassia Flaminia roads

“Brasini is one of the great intruders in the architecture of the twentieth century: his projects and works, which have also undoubted architectural qualities, except for rare moments of random tune with the spirit of the times are, in general, one of the cases of expulsion and removal of this spirit. The ones who met the 'cursed' architect describe him as a man of infinite charisma, charming and powerful, hanging always on the edge of the doubt, leaning against skepticism of which intelligence cannot do without. Brasini was an anachronistic who lived in his time always in opposition, who has been successful based on the possible misunderstanding of an adaptation with the Conservatives in power when in fact he was not conservative because his work has a very different trademark than the late eclectic one which dominated the beginning of the century” (Federico Roccabianca - www.academia.edu)

INDUSTRY BRIDGE

PONTE DELL'INDUSTRIA

Via Pacinotti/Via del Porto Fluviale

1862/63 Louis Hach to get to the new Termini train station the railway line from Civitavecchia, which until then had its station by the port of Ripa Grande

The central span was originally movable to allow navigability and, at the time of construction, it was the Europe's longest drawbridge in one piece

It is popularly known as PONTE DI FERRO (Iron Bridge)

It has a length of 131.20 m (430 feet)

It was inaugurated in the presence of Pope Pius IX Mastai-Ferretti (1846/78)

Renovation in 1911 when it was replaced for the railroad by the nearby PONTE S. PAOLO (St. Paul's Bridge) built in the years 1907/10 by the Allegri firm

The current bays date back to 1923

PYRAMID OF GAIUS CESTIUS

PIRAMIDE DI GAIO CESTIO

Piazzale Ostiense

About 18/12 BC Tomb of Gaius Cestius Epulone (d. 12 BC), perhaps the praetor in 44 BC

It was built in less than 330 days for his heirs, according to the inscription on one side: the last will and testament of Gaius Cestius was that if they had not completed it within 330 days they would not have obtained his rich heritage

36.40 m (119.4 feet) high, the base sides measure 29.50 m (96.4 feet)

It is an enormous flow of concrete covered with slabs of Carrara marble

It was known in the Middle Ages as Meta Remi (post of Remus) being meta a word indicating the post in form of a pyramid or cone placed in the center of circuses (hippodromes) and therefore by extension indicating in the Middle ages the tombs with this shape

The Meta Romuli (post of Romulus) was located at the beginning of today's Via della Conciliazione and it was demolished in 1499. It was similar in size to the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius

The rectangular cell of 5.85 x 4 m (19.2 x 13.1 feet) was richly decorated with paintings almost completely disappeared except for “Four Victories” at the corners of the vault: it is the oldest example of decoration of the so-called III Pompeian style

PALACE OF THE ITALIAN COMMERCIAL BANK

PALAZZO DELLA BANCA COMMERCIALE ITALIANA

Via del Corso 226

1916/27 designed by the Milanese Luca Beltrami (1854/1933) who was also the architect of the Vatican Pinacoteca and the restorer of important buildings such as Palazzo Marino and the Torre del Filarete of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan as well as the Bell Tower in Piazza S. Marco in Venice

The project by Beltrami was executed under the direction of Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960)

The seventeenth century Palazzo Lanci Bonaccorsi was demolished to build the palace

ACEA PALACE

PALAZZO DELL'ACEA

Piazzale Ostiense 2

1960 Cesare Valle (1902/2000) and Ignazio Guidi (1904/78)

ACEA is a public company that is responsible for the management of water and energy services

“Ignazio Guidi was in constant contact with fellow architects and engineers of his generation, with whom he formed design teams for competitions, and participated in the fervent cultural debate of the time, which led to the slow but steady emergence of modern architecture and the contemporary defeat of neoclassical and academic positions, who had many followers in Rome” (Filippo Spaini - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)

Fountain in front of the palace 1962 by Ludovico Quaroni (1911/87)