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Pons Chabinae
Pons Chabinae, the Roman bridge over the river Chabinas, today's Cendere Köprüsü or Severan Bridge in Adıyaman Province, Turkey; built by Legio XVI Flavia Firma under Septimius Severus, 120 m long with a 34.2 m arch.
Pons Constantini
Pons Constantini, Constantine's Bridge, was a Roman Danube bridge inaugurated July 5, 328, linking Ulpia Oescus (Bulgaria) and Sucidava (Romania); over 2,400 m long, destroyed around 367.
Pons Fabricius
Pons Fabricius (Ponte Fabricio, Ponte dei Quattro Capi) is Rome's best preserved ancient bridge, built 62 BC by Lucius Fabricius to link the Tiber Island's left bank; still in pedestrian use.
Pons Neronianus
Pons Neronianus (Pons Vaticanus, Bridge of Nero), ancient Roman Tiber bridge begun under Caligula and completed under Nero, linking Campus Martius to the Vatican circus; piers still visible in the riverbed during low water.
Pons Sonti
Pons Sonti (Pons Sontii, Ponte Sonti), Roman bridge and mansio over the Isonzo at Mainizza, Farra d'Isonzo, Italy, on the Aquileia-Emona road; destroyed by Aquileians in AD 238, site of Odoacer's 489 defeat.
Pons Sublicius
Pons Sublicius, the oldest wooden pile bridge over the Tiber at Rome, traditionally built by Ancus Marcius, metal-free and cared for by the pontiffs, scene of Horatius Cocles' legendary defense.
Pons Vetus
Pons Vetus (Ponte uetere), Roman road station and settlement in Dacia Inferior on the Olt (Alutus) at Câineni, Vâlcea, Romania; ~150 × 150 m fort, customs station, on the Limes Alutanus.
Ponseti method
The Ponseti method is a conservative treatment for congenital clubfoot, developed by Ignacio Ponseti, using serial plaster casts, Achilles tenotomy, and a foot-abduction brace worn for years.
Pont Alexandre III
Pont Alexandre III, or Alexander III Bridge, is an arch bridge over the Seine in Paris, built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle and named for Tsar Alexander III of Russia.
Pont d'Ambroix
Pont d'Ambroix (Pont Ambroix, Pont d'Ambrussum), Roman bridge on the Via Domitia over the Vidourle between Gallargues-le-Montueux and Villetelle, France. Built in the 1st century with about 11 arches; one arch remains; classified Monument historique since 1840.
Pont de Bornègre
Pont de Bornègre: Roman three-arch bridge on the Nîmes aqueduct, Gard, France, crossing the Bornègre ravine about 9 km upstream of the Pont du Gard; 17 m long, later converted to a road bridge.
Pont de l'Alma
The Pont de l'Alma, or Alma bridge, is a road bridge over the Seine in Paris, whose Zouave statue serves as a traditional flood gauge.
Pont de Valmale
Pont de Valmale (Pont de la Combe de Valmale), a small Roman aqueduct bridge on the Nîmes aqueduct near the Pont du Gard in Gard, France; about 8 m high, built in petit appareil, its single arch lost, canal floor 0.40 m thick.
Pont del Diable (aqueduct)
The Pont del Diable, also called the Les Ferreres Aqueduct, is a Roman aqueduct bridge 4 km from Tarragona, Spain, built around the 1st century AD to carry water to Tarraco.
Pont des Arts
Pont des Arts, also called Passerelle des Arts, is a pedestrian footbridge over the Seine in Paris linking the Louvre with the Institut de France.
Pont du Diable (Céret)
Pont du Diable (Vieux Pont de Céret), Devil's Bridge: medieval single-arch stone bridge over the Tech at Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, built 1321-1341, span 45.45 m, listed 1840, tied to a devil legend.
Pont du Diable, Hérault
The Pont du Diable (Devil's Bridge) is an early 11th-century Romanesque bridge over the Hérault river in Occitanie, France, built by the abbeys of Aniane and Gellone.
Pont du Gard
The Pont du Gard is a three-tiered Roman aqueduct bridge in southern France, built around AD 50 to carry water to Nîmes across the Gardon River.
Pont du Roi
Pont du Roi, officially Vieux pont sur la Doux, is a historic stone bridge over the Doux below Boucieu-le-Roi in the Ardèche, France, listed since 1927.
Pont Flavien
Pont Flavien (Flavian Bridge), Roman bridge over the Touloubre at Saint-Chamas, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, built 12–10 BC on the Marseille–Arles road; single arch with triumphal arches at both ends, classified Monument historique in 1840.
Pont gaulois dit de Sainte-Catherine
Pont gaulois dit de Sainte-Catherine: dry-stone bridge over the Hyères between Treffrin and Plounévézel, Brittany, on a Roman road from Carhaix; three arches, disputed Gaulish or Merovingian dating, classified MH in 1964.
Pont Julien
Pont Julien: Roman three-arched limestone bridge near Bonnieux, Vaucluse, France, on the Via Domitia over the Calavon, dated about 3 BCE, classified Monument historique 1914, in road use until 2005; distinct from the submerged 1697 Pont Julien on the Verdon.
Pont Neuf
The Pont Neuf, also known as Le pont Neuf, is the oldest standing bridge across the Seine in Paris, begun in 1578 under Henri III and finished in 1606.
Pont Saint-Bénézet
The Pont Saint-Bénézet, commonly called the Pont d'Avignon, is a ruined medieval stone bridge across the Rhône at Avignon, France, first built in the late 12th century.
Pont-Aven School
The Pont-Aven School was a group of painters, led by Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard, who worked in Pont-Aven, Brittany, and developed Synthetism in the late 1880s.
Pont-Saint-Martin (bridge)
Pont-Saint-Martin bridge (Pon Sèn Marteun, Martinstäg): Roman single-arch stone bridge over the Lys in the Aosta Valley, on the Via delle Gallie; about 36 m span, 1/34 span vault thickness, used until 1836, devil's-bridge legend.
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada is the largest city and municipality of São Miguel in the Azores, Portugal, and seat of the regional government; 71,695 residents in 2025, 29.2% of the region, hub of João Paulo II Airport.
Ponta Grossa
Ponta Grossa, "Princesa dos Campos Gerais", is Paraná's fourth most populous municipality (358,371 in 2022), a major road-rail junction of southern Brazil, founded as a drovers' stop, city since 1862, home to Vila Velha park.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Pont y Cysswllt, is a navigable canal aqueduct in Wrexham, Wales, opened in 1805 and the longest and highest in the United Kingdom.
Ponte Amato
Ponte Amato (Ponte del Fico) is a Roman single-arch road bridge on the Via Praenestina over the fosso Scalelle at Gallicano nel Lazio near Rome, built of lapis Gabinus, named for Count Amato di Segni, and restored after World War II damage.