Bridge, station or port
Pons Aelius
Pons Aelius: bridge, station or port of the ancient world (Lazio, Italy).
Bridge, station or portKind
Roman periodFirst recorded · 30 BC – AD 300
Late AntiquityLast recorded · AD 300 – AD 640
RomeNearest town · 3.9 km
On the map
Position: 41.9019, 12.4664
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640✓
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
The Pons Aelius or Aelian Bridge (now Ponte Sant'Angelo) was completed by Hadrian in AD 134 to span the Tiber opposite the new mausoleum of the emperor.
Other ancient sites nearby
Mausoleum HadrianiTomb or cemetery
0.1 kmPons NeronianusBridge, station or port · Roman period
0.2 kmMeta RomuliTomb or cemetery · Hellenistic period – Roman period
0.3 kmPorta Santo SpiritoArchaeological site · Middle Ages
0.4 kmTheater of NeroTheatre or arena · Roman period
0.5 kmTorre della ScimmiaArchaeological site
0.6 kmStadium DomitianiTheatre or arena · Late Antiquity
0.6 kmBasilica of Saint Augustine in Campo MarzioTemple or sanctuary · Middle Ages
0.7 kmSan Trifone in PosterulaTemple or sanctuary
0.7 kmSepulcrum HirtiiTomb or cemetery
0.7 kmTomb of Aulus HirtiusTomb or cemetery
0.7 kmVatican ObeliskArchaeological site
0.8 kmThe same kind in the region
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