Kazarma Mycenaean Bridge, Stone bridge near Arkadiko, Greece
The Kazarma Bridge, also called the Arkadiko Bridge, is a corbel arch bridge of large limestone blocks laid without mortar in Cyclopean masonry near the road from Tiryns to Epidauros. It is 22 m long, 5.60 m wide at the base and 4 m high, and its arch spans a culvert about 1 m wide. The roadway is roughly 2.50 m wide, and the stones step inward over the opening, with flat lower ledges stabilizing the walls.
The bridge was built in the 13th century BCE when the Mycenaeans laid out a road between their fortified centers. Over the centuries, it survived because the construction was robust enough to withstand any traffic.
The name comes from the nearby settlement of Kazarma, while the structure demonstrates the impressive stone-laying skills that made the Mycenaean road network possible. Today, local vehicles cross the same blocks that were positioned by hand thousands of years ago.
The site lies on the connecting road between Tiryns and Epidaurus and is accessible by car. Visitors can walk across the stones and examine the architecture up close without needing any special equipment.
The bridge is one of four Mycenaean corbel arch bridges near Arkadiko, all built to the same design for the Bronze Age highway between Tiryns and Epidauros. Its neighbour, the Petrogephyri bridge, crosses the same stream 1 km to the west and has a larger span and slightly higher vault.
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