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Carole Raddato
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published on 07 January 2019
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The Ambroix Bridge at Ambrussum (modern-day Lunel, France) is an impressive work of engineering, which allowed the Via Domitia to cross the Vidourle River. It is thought to have had 11 arches and to have been over 175 m (574 ft) in length. Unfortunately, the ravages of time and the numerous floods took out all but one arch. Two had stood as recently as 81 years ago — which are reflected in Gustave Courbet’s famous 1857 painting of the bridge — but a violent flood in 1933 left only one arch standing.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2019, January 07). Pont Ambroix. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9828/pont-ambroix/

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Raddato, Carole. "Pont Ambroix." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 07, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9828/pont-ambroix/.

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Raddato, Carole. "Pont Ambroix." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 07 Jan 2019. Web. 22 Dec 2024.

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