Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta
Rome Italy
2016

Stones of memory ~ First World War

Engraved Savoy knot and royal crown and embossed fasces.

The two bastions at the beginning of the homonymous bridge recall two events of Amedeo di Savoia which allowed him to obtain the bronze medal and the silver medal at military valor.

(Right Tombstone)
''BATTERY SUB-COMMANDER KEEPED THE FIRE OF HIS PIECES EXACT AND CALM AGAINST THE INTENSE ENEMY FIRE
REQUIRED FOR AN OBSERVATION SERVICE HE BOLDLY PUSHED TO THE MOST EXPOSED FRONT LINE OBSERVERS ''.
(CASTELNUOVO - M.SEI BUSI OCTOBER 1915)
Motivation of the Bronze Medal for Military Valor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Principe_Amedeo_Savoia_Aosta

Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta, also known as Ponte Principe or Ponte PASA after its acronym, is a bridge that links Lungotevere dei Sangallo to Piazza Della Rovere in Rome, in the Rioni Ponte, Trastevere and Borgo.

The bridge has 3 brick arcades covered with white marble. Between the arcades there are two single-lancet windows with rounded arches. The arcades divide the Tiber into 3 branches by 2 pillars that vaguely look like ships.

It links the Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini and the area of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II to the tunnel that brings to Via Aurelia through Via di Gregorio VII.

The bridge is dedicated to Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Viceroy of Ethiopia.