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PRAENESTINA, VIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 244 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRAENESTINA, VIA , an See also:ancient road of See also:Italy, leading from See also:Rome E. by S. to See also:Praeneste, a distance of 23 m., See also:Gabii being situated almost exactly See also:half-way. At the ninth mile the road crosses a See also:ravine by the well-preserved and lofty See also:Ponte di Nona, with seven See also:arches, the finest ancient See also:bridge in the neighbourhood of Rome. The See also:line of the road is, considering the - difficulty of the See also:country beyond Gabii, very straight. In the stretch beyond Gabii it is only used as a track, and well preserved. Half-way between Gabii and Praeneste is the well-preserved single-arched bridge, known as Ponte Amato. See T. See also:Ashby in Papers of the See also:British School at Rome, i. 149 sqq. (T.

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