{"id":3244,"date":"2026-06-05T08:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/?page_id=3244"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:17:37","slug":"ponte-romanico-sul-visone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/ponte-romanico-sul-visone\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanesque bridge over the Visone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3244\" class=\"elementor elementor-3244\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135a289 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"135a289\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9979b51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9979b51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38d2406 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38d2406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Romanesque bridge over the Visone<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17675ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17675ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-631de2c e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"631de2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f082ed2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f082ed2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82dca5a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82dca5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc\">San Secondo bridge<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc\">\u00a0linked, from the early medieval period onwards, the valley-floor road with the Morsasco\/Cassinelle ridge, an ancient stretch of the salt road and for a long time an alternative route to the Cremolino pass for reaching both the Ovada area and, directly, the Genoese Oltregiogo.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc\">With three unequal round arches and cutwater piers, it was seriously damaged during the great flood that devastated southern Piedmont and Liguria on 6-7 October 1977. The reconstruction of the roadway and parapets on that occasion showed little respect for the historical and archaeological value of the structure, which nevertheless still preserves its original load-bearing structure, perfectly intact and clearly visible.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c65a77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c65a77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e2ecf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56e2ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3329\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico.png 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b937d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b937d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-2-1024x733.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3330\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-2-1024x733.png 1024w, https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-2-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-2-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ponte-romanico-2.png 1483w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b007d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58b007d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Photo published in the Acqui weekly L'Ancora, showing the damage suffered by the bridge during the 1977 flood.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il\u00a0ponte di San Secondo\u00a0collegava, fin dal periodo altomedievale, la via di fondovalle con il crinale di Morsasco\/Cassinelle, antico tracciato della via del sale e per lungo tempo alternativa viaria al valico di Cremolino per raggiungere sia l&#8217;ovadese che direttamente l&#8217;oltregiogo genovese. A tre arcate diseguali a tutto sesto, con pilastri di sostegno a spartiacque, venne [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3244"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4043,"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244\/revisions\/4043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}