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delle Torri
This imposing bridge, that connects S. Elia hill to Monteluco,
belongs to XIII and XIV centuries; its construction is included among the building
works by Cardinal Albornoz in 1353, that he entrusted to architect Matteo gattaponi.
The
first reason of its construction was to carry water to town; it appears as a late-medieval
work and, probably, there is a gap between the eastern side (towards Monteluco)
and the remainder; the plinthes of the two central piers let us think to a previous
work, upon which the bridge has been erected by Albornoz.
Watched over, on
its sides, by two fortresses, Rocca and Fortilizio dei Mulini, its measures are
extraordinary: lenght is 230 metres, height 76 metres; p piers joined by pointed
arches of different measures. Fortilizio dei Mulini, on the side towards Monteluco,
watch over the eastern side of the bridge; before running over the canal, water
falled into tanks inside Fortilizio, giving an impulse to a water-mill active
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