Traian / Trajan Bridge - Global Citizenship Summer School (sitios de interés)
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First ever bridge to be built over lower Danube.
Constructed in 105 AD by the Greek architect Apollodorus of Damascus for deployment of Roman troops against Dacia. Name after the Roman emperor, Trajan/Traian who waged war on Dacia. Made of wooden arches, each spanning 38 m set on twenty masonry pillars, but dismantled by Trajan's successor Hadrian to deter barbarians from the north.
Constructed in 105 AD by the Greek architect Apollodorus of Damascus for deployment of Roman troops against Dacia. Name after the Roman emperor, Trajan/Traian who waged war on Dacia. Made of wooden arches, each spanning 38 m set on twenty masonry pillars, but dismantled by Trajan's successor Hadrian to deter barbarians from the north.