The Pont Julien / The Roman bridge

Picture taken in: Bonnieux, Vaucluse

Pont Julien, Bonnieux, Provence - seen from the rather dried-up river bed. The Pont Julien (French for Julian Bridge) is a Roman stone arch bridge over the Calavon river in the south-east of France dating to 3 BC. It was located on the Via Domitia, an important Roman road.The bridge's natural stones were cut to a precise fit, and were not cemented with any mortar.

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