Pont Julien, Roman bridge near Bonnieux, France
The Pont Julien spans 80 meters across the Calavon River with three limestone arches, supported by columns containing flood protection openings.
Built between 45 and 27 BC during the Roman Empire's expansion, this bridge formed an essential part of the Via Domitia connecting Italy to Spain.
The bridge represents a monument of Roman engineering techniques, constructed without mortar and using interlocking limestone blocks from the Luberon mountains.
Located 8 kilometers west of Apt, the bridge remains open for bicycle and pedestrian traffic after the construction of a new crossing in 2005.
The central arch rests on two pillars anchored directly into bedrock, demonstrating the Roman understanding of structural stability across varying water levels.
Location: Apt
Location: Bonnieux
Length: 80 m
Longest Span: 16 m
Made from material: stone
GPS coordinates: 43.86255,5.30652
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:42
Between gentle mountains and stone villages, Luberon encompasses everything that Provence has to offer in its brightest form. Its roads wind through lavender fields, ochre cliffs, and blonde bastides clinging to hills. Here, each village tells a story from a different time, each alleyway preserves the shadow of a medieval past, and each landscape appears painted by hand. In Gordes or Roussillon, the houses play with the light; in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, the Sorgue springs from an emerald-green abyss; and in the valleys, abbeys and castles watch over the plains.
Château de Lacoste
4.3 km
Ocres de Roussillon
4.2 km
Forêt des cèdres du Luberon
5.1 km
Mines de Bruoux
6 km
Château de Buoux
6 km
Bonnieux - église haute
4.4 km
Prieuré de Saint-Symphorien
6.1 km
Chapelle de la Santonne
5.9 km
Dolmen de l'Ubac
6.1 km
Église neuve
4.2 km
Moulin de Jérusalem
5.3 km
Abbaye Saint-Pierre des Tourettes
5.4 km
Musée de la boulangerie de Bonnieux
4.4 km
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Clairmont d'Apt
4.9 km
Église de Roussillon
4.6 km
Couvent des Récollets de Bonnieux
4.6 km
Église Saint-Sébastien de Goult
5.2 km
Chapelle Saint Véran de Goult
5.4 km
Scenic viewpoint
4.3 km
Scenic viewpoint
4.1 km
Église Saint Denis
5.9 km
Église de Lacoste
4.2 km
Temple protestant
4.5 km
Château de la Canorgue
3.5 km
Scenic viewpoint
4.5 km
Castellar de Bonnieux
4.4 km
Marché Roussillon
4.5 km
Scenic viewpoint
4.7 kmReviews
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