The Tiber Island is the only island in the part of the Tiber which runs through Rome. Tiber Island is located in the southern bend of the Tiber. The island is boat-shaped, approximately 270 metres long and 67 metres wide, and has been connected with bridges to both sides of the river since antiquity.
Video timeline: 0:00 – [Brief Intro] 1:40 – [Tiber Island walk begins] 1:50 – [Fabricius Bridge – Oldest bridge in Rome of 62 a.C.] 4:00 – [Via di Ponte Quattro Capi] 4:28 – [S.Bartolomeo all’Isola Square] 5:16 – [View of Cestio Bridge] 5:46 – [St.John Hospital on the right] 8:00 – [Walking around the island] 15:41 – [The roman marble shape of the Boat that famously was used to bring Asclepius’ statue to the island – it’s still visible the symbol of the snake around the ship mast] 17:37 – [Southern bank of the island]
This bike ride starts at the Porta Portese in the Trastevere district in Rome and takes you on a 10 mile (16km) ride along the Tiber River. The ride was filmed on June 6th, 2020 starting at 11:00am.
Video Timeline Links▼▼ 0:00 – Map of the bike ride 0:27 – Porta Portese 3:25 – Ponte Palatino 3:47 – Ponte Cestio 4:28 – Ponte Garibaldi 5:25 – Ponte Sisto 7:18 – Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini 8:40 – Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta 9:20 – Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II 10:07 – Ponte Sant’Angelo 11:12 – Ponte Umberto I 12:22 – Ponte Cavour 13:56 – Ponte Regina Margherita 14:59 – Ponte Pietro Nenni 15:44 – Ponte Giacomo Matteotti 17:20 – Ponte del Risorginmento 17:30 – Ramp up to upper path 18:19 – Ramp up to Lungotevere della Vittoria 21:18 – Via Capoprati (return to upper bike path) 25:26 – Ramp to lower bike path 25:50 – Ponte Milvio (TURN AROUND)
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