Ponte do Império, Stone bridge in Candelária, Brazil.

Ponte do Império is a stone arch bridge crossing the Arroio Passa-Sete in Candelária, featuring solid arches built with the structural methods of its era. The crossing presents a clear view of late 19th-century construction techniques without applied decoration, allowing the stone pattern and arch geometry to speak directly.

Carlos Himberto Puhlmann, an architect of German origin, designed and built the crossing between 1879 and 1880 along the important Botucaraí road corridor. The bridge emerged during a period when stone structures of this kind represented new engineering solutions for the region's interior.

The bridge carries the name Ponte do Império, a reference to the imperial period of Brazil, and stands on the old Botucaraí road, a route that shaped the history of Rio Grande do Sul through the 19th century. It was listed as municipal heritage by decree no. 29 of 2 October 1986, and as state heritage by portaria 34 of 17 May 2013.

The bridge stands in Alto Passa Sete, in the rural interior of Candelária, a few metres above where the Arroio Passa-Sete meets the Rio Pardo, on the river's right bank. Access is by road from the town; the stone deck and the ground around it can be wet and slippery after rain, so sturdy shoes help.

The bridge was listed as municipal heritage by decree no. 29 of 2 October 1986, and as state heritage by portaria 34 of 17 May 2013. It stands a few metres above the confluence of the Arroio Passa-Sete and the Rio Pardo, on the right bank of the river.