THE LEGEND OF THE BRIDGE OF TIBERIUS

"Devil's Bridge" or "Pont de 'e Dievul", as the Rimini people call the Tiberius Bridge, referring to the ancient legend linked to the myth of its indestructibility.



It is said that Tiberius took 7 years to finish the Ariminum bridge started by his father, but with great difficulty.

The Tiberius Bridge is one of the oldest monuments of the whole Riviera, also known as the Devil's bridge,

because during its construction, the works were struggling to advance and every time a new part of the bridge was built this collapsed or failed.



Thus it was that Tiberius, after invoking all the gods in vain, turned to the God of Darkness.

Thus he prayed to the Devil to come to his aid and made this covenant with him:

the Devil would have built an indestructible bridge, in exchange he would have taken the first soul that would have crossed it.

The mighty and solid bridge was thus built in one night.

Tiberius chose that the first to pass was a dog, the devil was waiting for him on the opposite side, but never get so angry he tried to tear down the bridge with a horn where even today we can find the sign.

Crossing the bridge, take Corso d'Augusto where at the other end is the Arch of Triumph (d'Augusto), the oldest in the Roman ones, symbol of the city of Rimini.