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title: Pont Ambroix
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9828/pont-ambroix/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Pont Ambroix

_Authored by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/)_

## Image File

[![Pont Ambroix](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9828.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9828.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Ambroix Bridge at Ambrussum (modern-day Lunel, France) is an impressive work of engineering, which allowed the Via Domitia to cross the Vidourle River. It is thought to have had 11 arches and to have been over 175 m (574 ft) in length. Unfortunately, the ravages of time and the numerous floods took out all but one arch. Two had stood as recently as 81 years ago — which are reflected in Gustave Courbet’s famous 1857 painting of the bridge — but a violent flood in 1933 left only one arch standing.

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## About the Author

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2019, January 07). Pont Ambroix. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9828/pont-ambroix/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "Pont Ambroix." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 07, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9828/pont-ambroix/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Pont Ambroix." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Jan 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9828/pont-ambroix/>.

## License & Copyright

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