Remarkable, daring engineering and a surprising position to say the least: these are the main characteristics of the Ponte del Diavolo (Devil’s Bridge), which can be found in Divedro Valley along the road connecting Trasquera and its hamlet of Bugliaga, from which beautiful excursions depart all year round.
In 1874, studies of road design identified the Saglie del Rì as the position in which to build the future Devil’s Bridge.
The reinforcement, done during the construction phase, consisted of over a hundred larch trunks placed on the sides of the mountain, which at that point forms a narrow gorge. At the end of the works the reinforcement was covered with oil and burnt. The hundred metres separating the bridge from the water below were transformed into a gigantic pyre and the view of the bridge wrapped in flames really was a hellish sight.
It’s easy to imagine, then, how the name of the bridge could derive from this final stage of construction, but in reality it comes from the oral tradition of the time: legend has it that a daring construction of this type could only be the work of the devil.
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