Pont du Diable, Hérault
The Pont du Diable on the river Hérault is one of many bridges in France with this name (it means Devil's bridge). It is located over a steep-sided gorge, about 4 km north-west of Aniane in the Hérault département.[1]
Constructed by Benedictine monks in the first half of the 11th century, it provided a link between the abbey at Aniane and the Gellone Abbey at Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert. Though subsequently widened and raised several metres around 1770, it has retained its original shape.[1] Vehicular traffic is now catered for by a newer bridge, from which splendid views may be had of the original bridge and an aqueduct that takes water to the vineyards of Saint-Jean-de-Fos.[2]
The bridge has been listed by the French Ministry of Culture as a monument historique since 1935[1] and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.[2]
There are two other bridges in Hérault known as "Pont du Diable", at Olargues and at Villemagne-l'Argentière.
See also
- Devil's Bridge
- List of medieval bridges in France
- List of bridges in France
References
- ^ a b c Base Mérimée: Pont sur l'Hérault, dit Pont du Diable, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ a b Michelin: Green Guide Languedoc, Roussillon, Tarn Gorges (1998) p. 194
External links
- Base Mérimée: Pont sur l'Hérault, dit Pont du Diable, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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Via Turonensis
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame (Amiens)
- Church of Saint-Pierre (Aulnay)
- Cathedral of Sainte-Marie (Bayonne)
- Basilica of Saint-Seurin (Bordeaux)
- Basilica of Saint-Michel (Bordeaux)
- Cathedral of Saint-André (Bordeaux)
- Parochial church of Saint-Jacques (Compiègne)
- Church of Saint-Jacques-Le-Majeur et Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Folleville)
- Church of Saint-Hilaire (Melle)
- Bell tower of the old church (Mimizan)
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Tour Saint-Jacques (Paris)
- Church of Saint-Hilaire le Grand (Poitiers)
- Former pilgrims hospital (Pons)
- Royal abbey of Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Saint-Jean-d'Angély)
- Church of Saint-Eutrope (Saintes)
- Abbey of Saint-Jean (Sorde-l'Abbaye)
- Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Fin-des-Terres (Soulac-sur-Mer)
Via Lemovicensis
- Church of Saint-Jacques d’Asquins (Asquins)
- Former cathedral of Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Bazas)
- Cathedral of Saint-Etienne (Bourges)
- Church of Notre-Dame-en-Vaux (Châlons-en-Champagne)
- Priory church of Sainte-Croix-Notre-Dame (La Charité-sur-Loire)
- Basilica of Notre-Dame (L'Épine)
- Collegial church of Saint-Étienne (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre)
- Cathedral of Saint-Front (Périgueux)
- Church of Saint-Léonard (Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat)
- Abbey (Saint-Sever)
- Former abbey of Notre-Dame de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve)
- Church of Saint-Pierre (La Sauve)
- Basilica of Sainte-Madeleine (Vézelay)
Via Podiensis
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Via Tolasana
- Pont du Diable (Aniane)
- Hospice of the Plan and chapel of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (Aragnouet)
- Church of St Honorat (Arles)
- Cathedral of Sainte-Marie (Auch)
- Church of Notre-Dame de Tramesaygues (Audressein)
- Parochial church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Gavarnie-Gèdre)
- Church of Saint-Jacques (Gazost)
- Church of Saint-Laurent (Jézeau)
- Church of Sainte-Marie (Oloron-Sainte-Marie)
- Church of Notre-Dame-du-Bourg (Rabastens)
- Former cathedral of Notre-Dame (Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges)
- Early Christian basilica, Chapel of Saint-Julien (Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges)
- Former abbatial church (Saint-Gilles)
- Former abbey of Gellone (Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert)
- Former cathedral and cloister, cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède, episcopal palace, rempart (Saint-Lizier)
- Basilica of Saint-Sernin (Toulouse)
- Hospital of Saint-Jacques (Toulouse)
- Basilica of Saint-Just (Valcabrère)
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