Olginate Roman Bridge

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Fabio Carminati

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Sep 29, 2026 09:17 PM — History

Ruins of a late Roman bridge identified in the mid 20th century at a location now roughly coincident with a modern bridge at Olginate over the Fiume Adda (ancient Addua) immediately below the modern dam that retains the Lago di Garlate.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/382107875

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
45.8030256, 9.4152155

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: Ponte Vittorio Emanuele Terzo (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ponte Romano di Olginate (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)

Olginate Roman Bridge makes connections with:

None

Olginate Roman Bridge receives connections from:

None

Place type:
bridge

References:

Data Source:

Degrassi 1946 pp. 5-18

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Fabio Carminati, and Tom Elliott, 'Olginate Roman Bridge: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/382107875> [accessed: 08 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/382107875 |title=Places: 382107875 (Olginate Roman Bridge) |author=Carminati, F. |accessdate=October 8, 2026 3:44 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}