Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Pont génois
Asco, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Pont génois (cad. non cadastré) : inscription par arrêté du 5 décembre 1984
- Protection dates
- 1984/12/05 : inscrit MH
- Type
- pont
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Asco
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.44663, 9.03133
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099156
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "Corse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Pont en dos d'âne destiné aux piétons et troupeaux, reliant Asco aux pâturages du massif du Cinto par les pistes traditionnelles. Constitué d'une arche en plein cintre et d'un tablier avec pas d'âne saillants. La sous-couche du tablier est en grosses dalles de schiste bleu. La couche de finition était constituée de galets roulés, noyés dans un bain de chaux.
English translation
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History
Humpbacked bridge intended for pedestrians and herds, linking Asco to the pastures of the Cinto massif by the traditional tracks. Consisting of an arch in round arch and a deck with projecting humps. The sub-layer of the deck is in large slabs of blue schist. The finishing layer was formed of rolled pebbles, embedded in a bath of lime.