Penkalas Bridge
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The Penkalas Bridge is a Roman bridge over the Penkalas (today Kocaçay), a small tributary of the Rhyndakos (Adırnas Çayı), in Aezani, Asia Minor (Çavdarhisar in present-day Turkey).
The 2nd-century AD structure was once one of four ancient bridges in Aezani and is assumed to have been the most important crossing-point due to its central location in the vicinity of the Zeus temple and the direct access it provided to the Roman road to Cotyaeum (Kütahya).{{harvnb|Galliazzo|1994|p=403}} According to reports by European travellers, the ancient parapet remained in use as late as 1829, having been replaced today by an iron railing.
Around 290 m upstream, another well-preserved, almost identical five-arched Roman bridge leads across the Penkalas.
See also
References
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Sources
- {{Citation
| last = Galliazzo
| first = Vittorio
| title = I ponti romani. Catalogo generale
| volume = 2
| year = 1994
| publisher = Edizioni Canova
| location = Treviso
| isbn = 88-85066-66-6
| page = 403 (No. 839)
}}
- {{Citation
| last = O’Connor
| first = Colin
| title = Roman Bridges
| publisher = Cambridge University Press
| year = 1993
| page = 124 (No. E12)
| isbn = 0-521-39326-4
}}
External links
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- [http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Kuttaia.html Aezani and the Penkalas Bridge] at Romeartlover
{{Roman bridges}}
{{Bridges in Turkey}}
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Category:Roman bridges in Turkey
Category:Stone bridges in Turkey
Category:Buildings and structures in Kütahya Province
Category:Arch bridges in Turkey
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