Pont Serme

The Pont Serme or Pons Selinus, later called the Pons Septimus, was a Roman bridge of the Via Domitia in Hérault, southern France. The approximately 1500 m[1] long viaduct crossed the wide marshes of the Orb and the Etang de Capestang west of Béziers, surpassing in length even the Trajan's Bridge over the Danube. Today, very little traces are left at the site, save the name proper which passed over to a village nearby.

Pont Serme
Coordinates43.273889°N 3.050833°E / 43.273889; 3.050833
CarriesVia Domitia
CrossesEtang de Capestang
LocaleNear Béziers, Hérault, France
Characteristics
Total lengthCa. 1500 m
Pont Serme
Location in Occitanie
Pont Serme
Pont Serme (France)

See also

Notes

  1. O’Connor 1993, pp. 99

Sources

  • O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, pp. 99 (G12), ISBN 0-521-39326-4
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