Pont St. Julien

Pont St. Julien

Saint Julien's bridge is the only surviving bridge on what was the main road from northern Italy to Provence. It was built 2,000 years ago, from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14.

Mortar had not been invented yet, so the stones were carefully set into place.

Amazingly, St. Julien's bridge still survives today. It has outlived Roman marches, hundreds of floods, and decades of car traffic. This bridge was used until just recently. In 2005, a new bridge was built to re-route traffic from this beautiful structure.

I love stumbling onto stuff like this while going on country drives.