TheVia Praenestina (modern Italian:Via Prenestina) was an ancientRoman road in centralItaly.
Initially calledVia Gabiana, fromGabii, the ancient city ofOld Latium to which it ran, it received a new name having been extended as far asPraeneste (modern Palestrina). Once past Praeneste the road continued towards theApennines and the source of theAnio River.
At the ninth mile the road crosses a ravine by the well-preserved and loftyPonte di Nona, with seven arches, the finest ancient bridge in the neighbourhood of Rome. The line of the road is, considering the difficulty of the country beyond Gabii, very straight. Half-way between Gabii and Praeneste is a well-preserved single-arched bridge,Ponte Amato.[1]
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