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Multi-periodSite Name: Trajan's Roman Bridge Alternative Name: Podul Lui TraianCountry: Romania
NOTE: This site is 45.56 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Kladovo Nearest Village: Kostol
Latitude: 44.623611N Longitude: 22.666944E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The Trajan Bridge was built between the years 103 to 105 AD east of the Iron Gate Rapids at Turnu Severin to guarantee the supply line of Roman legions during the conquest of Dacia (modern-day Romania). The bridge consisted of timber arches mounted on masonry piers spanning the 800-metre-wide stretch of the river and had a total length of over 1000 metres. A century and a half later the emperor Aurelian withdrew from Dacia and demolished the bridge. Its 54-metre spans were the longest ever constructed at the time and would not be surpassed for more than a thousand years. Today the only visible remains of the bridge are the approach sections in the village of Kostol on the Serbian riverbank and in the city of Turnu Severin on the left Romanian riverbank.
Forgotten for centuries, the remains of the bridge reappeared in 1858 when the level of the Danube hit a record low due to an extensive drought. Initial archaeological research and excavation of the bridge was carried out during the 1980s as part of the Iron Gates Dam construction project. The underwater pillars on the bed of the Danube, their position and level of preservation were examined using a special vessel equipped with sonar. This was the first time that the length of the bridge, amounting to just under 1,070 metres, had been precisely measured.
In 2003, exactly 19 centuries after the beginning of its construction, the Serbian Ministry of Culture financed an underwater archaeological project to carry out comprehensive research on the remains of the bridge. Conducted by the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia, the purpose of the project was to provide answers to a number of questions, including what construction materials and techniques had been used to sink the pillars into the riverbed and what the exact dimensions, shape and height of the bridge were.
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