It is the symbol of the city, but also a place where one echoes scary legend that surrounds it in a mystery: we are talking about the The most evocative bridge in Italy.. Is found in Cividale del Friuli and it is said that it was diavolo personally to build it. Tall and imposing, it rests on three pylons and overlooks the River Natisone, offering visitors a top-down view of the waterway and ancient, evocative history.
Like all the most fascinating places, it is not only the architectural and landscape interest that attracts visitors, but also and above all the myth that surrounds this place, a place where Magic and superstition meet..
Devil's Bridge, where it is located and how it was built
to admire the devil's bridge You have to go to Cividale del Friuli, an ancient and suggestive city. Suffice it to say that its foundation dates back to Roman times and is due to Julius Caesar. A centuries-old history that is intertwined - at a certain point - with the legend, which covers the construction of the crossing over the Natisone River whose existence has been identified since 1442.
The structure is 22 and a half meters high, 48 meters long and rests on three pylons. From here you can enjoy a suggestive view of the river and the panorama that frames it. The peculiarity of the construction is its asymmetry, because the central pylon rests on a rock.
Destroyed during World War I, the bridge was rebuilt in 1918. The legend is linked precisely to the first construction., that of Lacopo Dugaro da Bissone. The completion of the work was slow and, apparently, also marked by difficulties. If the first stone was laid in 1442, the completion of the works dates back to many years later.
The legend of the Devil's Bridge
Popular legend says that the structure was built at that time. possible thanks to the intercession of the devil. Help in the construction of the bridge, this would have been requested by the inhabitants of the town of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in exchange the evil one would have demanded the soul of the first person to cross it. According to this story, the devil's mother also helped by carrying the rock on which the central pillar rests to the river bed.
How does the story end? It seems that the inhabitants of Cividale del Friuli mocked the devil by choosing an animal as the first living being to cross the bridge.
The Devil's Bridges, the ones you can see in Italy
Cividale del Friuli is not the only Devil's Bridge present in Italy: in fact, this name is usually given to bridges when there are legends that make them protagonists in some way. Another example? Magdalena's from Borgo a Mozzano in the province of Lucca, also known as the Devil's Bridge. Also in this case the arches, of which there are three, are asymmetrical. In Bobbio, however, in the province of Piacenza, there is another: legend has it that the evil one built it.
These are just two of the many structures present in Italy, widely and in many regions, and whose construction is shrouded in mystery.
