Monumental structures in the territory of Cantiano

The most significant archaeological evidence in the territory of Cantiano is certainly that linked to the route of the Flaminian Road, which in crossing impervious territory, required continuous and massive human efforts for the realisation of bridges and retaining walls. These structures are concentrated in the Pontericcioli archeological area , 4 km south of Cantiano, along the SS Flaminia, in the direction of Gubbio. Proceeding from south to north and following the ancient route, which in the first stretch does not coincide with the modern route, we come to the so-called Ponte Voragine (Ravine Bridge), built in the Augustan Age; support wall in the vicinity fo Mt. Martine, where in 1853 an inscription was found which attests to an intervention made by the Emperor Hadrian; theThree Arch Bridge, with two upstream cisterns The Ponte Grosso over the Fosso Scheggia (Scheggia Ditch); an imposing retaining wall in "grigna" stone from the late Republican Age. 4 km north of Cantiano, near the Gola di Burano (Burano Ravine), we find the monumental Ponte Grosso, in Corniola, dated to the Augustan Age, which still serves its original function today on SS Flaminia.