Colfosco

COLFOSCO Italy.

Remains of three bridges in the N Italian zone of the river Piave, ca. 20 km N of Treviso on the route of the Via Claudia Augusta, which was begun by Drusus and completed by his son, the emperor Claudius (CIL V, 8002, 8003). This road, which ran from Altino to the Danube, is evident at Colfosco in the remains of three small bridges. Of the first only the cobblestone paving of the shoulders is preserved; the second, partly buried, is almost intact; the third has recently been restored and is formed on a single arch (4.2 x 2.9 m) in stone blocks. The width of the road is 5.65 m.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. De Bon, “Rilievi di campagna,” La via Claudia Augusta Altinate (1938) 32; B. M. Scarfi, “Colfosco (Treviso). Ponte romano sulla via Claudia Augusta,” BdA 49.4 (1964) 398.

B. M. SCARFÌ