Ponte Milvio

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A pretty footbridge with a colourful market on its northern side, Ponte Milvio was the scene of one of the great events in Roman history: Constantine's defeat of Maxentius in AD 312. It was first built in 109 BC to carry Via Flaminia over the Tiber and survived intact until 1849, when Garibaldi's troops blew it up to stop advancing French soldiers. Pope Pius IX had it rebuilt a year later.

These days, love-struck teenagers lock padlock chains around the lampposts as a sign of their undying amore .