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The Steinerner Steg (German for "Stone bridge"; Template:Lang-it) is a bridge across the Passirio River in Merano, Italy. The bridge features two arches. It was built in 1616-17 by the architect Andrä Tanner from Brixen to replace an earlier wooden bridge. Contrary to a sometimes voiced belief, the Italian name "Roman Bridge" does not indicate the presence of an earlier Roman structure; it was rather invented in 1927 by the fascist authorities as part of their Italianization campaign of the southern part of the Austrian-Hungarian county of Tyrol, which Italy had annexed in 1919.
References
- Colin O'Connor, Roman Bridges, Cambridge Univ. Press (1994) ISBN 0-521-39326-4, p.95
- Official site of city of Merano
- 2008 Statement by the city council of Merano (see No. 20)
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