Low water in Rome’s drought-hit Tiber river exposes ancient ruins of Nero’s Bridge
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Scorching temperatures and a long, dry summer have given locals and tourists alike a rare opportunity to see the remains of a 2,000-year-old bridge that once spanned the Tiber river that weaves through the center of Rome.
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ROME (AP) — The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge. The bridge — known as Nero’s Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tiber’s righ…
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Scorching temperatures and a long, dry summer have given locals and tourists alike a rare opportunity to see the remains of a 2,000-year-old bridge that once spanned the Tiber river that weaves through the center of Rome.
The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge.
Scorching summer heat and prolonged drought have dramatically lowered the Tiber River in central Rome, revealing the long-submerged stone remains of a nearly 2,000-year-old bridge once known as Nero’s Bridge.
When the Tiber runs low, Rome’s past quite literally rises to the surface: the piers of the so‑called Bridge of Nero reappear, reminding us that climate stress doesn’t just threaten heritage — it makes it visible, again and again, in cycles as old as the river’s hydraulics and as current as a summer…
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