Trepponti

Known as Trepponti, the Pallotta Bridge is probably the city’s best-known monument and is named for the cardinal legate Giovan Battista Pallotta, who ordered its construction in the early decades of the seventeenth century. At that time, it was still the fortified gate to the city for those coming from the sea along the navigable canal. The pentarch bridge was designed by the Ravennan architect Luca Danese (1598-1672), who was also responsible for the San Pietro and Sbirri bridges. Over the centuries, the initial design has been adapted to meet practical and aesthetic needs, making it the structure we now admire today.