https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/4d0df6d95147bd1f4ed62cb7caa6e507.png cd111a4e88cfdc2807097166e38e8514 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ponte Rotto Subject The topic of the resource Tiber Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_Aemilius#/media/File:Roma-ponterotto01.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/7e0b4f24fbfc4f5c89bb8c851f28872a.png b074aa8befed8d7fa4ca08f8b22d9406 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ponte Rotto Subject The topic of the resource Tiber Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jacob de Heusch Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_de_Heusch#/media/File:River_View_with_the_Ponte_Rotto.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1696 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain. Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ponte Rotto Description An account of the resource This bridge was built as Pons Aemelius in 179 B.C. As early as the 6th century, during the papacy of Gregory the Great, it formed a vital connection between the two most populated areas of Rome: Trastevere and the area between the east bank and the foot of the Capitoline. Central in the Early Medieval city, it began colloquially to be called the Pons Maior. In 1231, a flood collapsed the bridge, and as with many floods, the fallout was attributed to divine wrath, in this case a punishment for expelling Gregory the IX. After this collapse, the bridge—now called Ponte Santa Maria after its proximity to Santa Maria in Cosmedin—joined its brethren along the Tiber in an ongoing cycle of repair. By nature, bridges impede water flow, and the current of the river wears away at piers, so taxes were constantly being levied to repair one bridge or another. In 1557, the bridge fell to a flood again, and this time the flood also took out the Ponte Sisto, built in 1475, and the Ponte Fabricius up the river. As the climate changed, floods grew more common in the 16th century, stalling repairs—it took at least a decade to repair the Ponte Sisto after the flood in 1557 and 16 years to repair this bridge, putting serious stress on the bridges to Tiber Island which bore the brunt of the mercantile traffic during that time. The delays in repair stemmed partly from arguments about how to rebuild the two fallen arches, and the end result of the repair was insufficiently stable to save it from the flood in 1598 that swept away half the bridge. The broken bridge, now called the Ponte Rotto, remained a fixture of the Roman city, its three remaining arches used as a fishing pier. A painting by de Heusch from the 17th century shows the lingering bridge and the river life around it. In the 19th century, two arches were demolished during the building of the embankments and the enlargement of the river bed, and the one arch in the modern photo is all that remains today. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bard Swallow (2018) Edited by Tim Abbott (2026) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Krautheimer, Richard. Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308. Hong Kong: Princeton University Press. Rinne, Katherine Wentworth. The Waters of Rome: Aqueducts, Fountains, and the Birth of the Baroque City. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Via di Ponte Rotto, 00186 Roma RM Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ponsaemelius_2017 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1200s 1500s Abstract A summary of the resource. The Ponte Rotto, now in ruins with only one arch remaining, was once a vital bridge between the two most populated areas of Rome: Trastevere and the Capitoline. Originally built in 179 B.C., the Ponte Rotto experienced a continual cycle of ruin and repair throughout the middle ages. Tiber