Il cd. “Ponticello” lungo il diverticolo dalla via da Lanuvio per Ardea

• Autores: Manlio Lilli
• Localización: Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité, ISSN 0223-5102, Vol. 122, Nº. 2, 2010 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Il nuovo museo del castello di Baia), págs. 479-491
• Idioma: italiano
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  • The alleged disappearance of the so-called ‘ponticello’ in the area of Valloni to the south-east of the centre of Lanuvio, was the prime reason for interest there, in addition to marking out the ancient road of the district. The infrastructure, which was installed by Galieti during the 1930s, proved to be unknown by many interested in the area, even recently. A survey of the area where Galieta placed the bridge has led to the uncovering of the presence of a course of torrential water (Fosso di Pastrarella). The bridge with its unique arch coloured by peperite, is at an angle to the course of the water and was probably built between the second half of the 2nd century and the first half of the 1st century BC, as suggested by comparisons with other structures, starting with the nearby Ponte Loreto. Also the presence at the many points of out of place paving, the observation of the morphology of the area and the reading of aerial photographs (in primis those of the RAF from 1944) and various scales of cartography (IGM 1.25000 from 1940, aereophotogram 1.5000 from 1982 and CTR 1:10000 from 1990) have made it possible to reconstruct the layout of the road to which the bridge refers, a connection north-east/south-west, otherwise parallel to the road that runs to the south towards Casale Marini, from the road from Lanuvia via Ardea to that via Anzio.