General Information
Name in local language: | Pont Saint-Bénezet; Pont d'Avignon |
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Beginning of works: | 1177 |
Completion: | 1185 |
Status: | partially destroyed |
Project Type
Structure: |
Vaulted arch bridge |
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Function / usage: |
original use: Road bridge current use: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
Material: |
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Location
Location: |
Avignon, Vaucluse (84), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
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Crosses: |
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Coordinates: | 43° 57' 13.69" N 4° 48' 17.61" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
total length | ca. 900 m | |
span lengths | 30.8 - 33.5 m | |
number of spans | ca. 20 | |
deck | deck width | 2 - 5 m |
Materials
piers |
stone
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arches |
stone
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chapel |
masonry
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Chronology
1385 | Pope Bonifaz IX order the fourth arch destroyed for reasons of self-defense |
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Notes
One of the first bridges built by the Fratres Pontifices, a monastic order.
Participants
(role unknown)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Bridges. A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans. 2nd edition, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 978-0316507943, pp. 18-19. (2017):
- Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 28-29. (1993):
- Bridges that Changed the World. Prestel, Munich (Germany), pp. 30-31. (2002):
- Brücken. Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein im Taunus (Germany), pp. 50. (1956):
- Brücken / Bridges. Ästhetik und Gestaltung / Aesthetics and Design. 4th edition, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 72-73. (1994):
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000471 - Published on:
12/11/1999 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021