Pont Spin'à Cavallu, bridge in France

Pont Spin'à Cavallu is a granite road bridge over the Rizzanese near Arbellara, 64 m long and 2.60 m wide, with a humped deck and a single round arch rising 7.7 m above the water. Four masonry cutwaters with pointed noses protect the piers. The arch ring stands slightly proud of the rough grey stone blocks, and a low parapet runs along the deck.

The bridge is usually called Genoese, but it was built by the Pisans in the 13th century; one source gives the 16th century. It is attributed to architect Masciu Maternato, who lived at Sorbollano and also built the Carbini bell tower. Restored in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was classified as a monument historique on 22 October 1976, survived the 1993 Rizzanese flood almost swept away, and was restored in 1995.

The name Spin'à Cavallu means 'horse's back' in Corsican, after the humped profile of the deck. The bridge is often called a Genoese bridge, yet the sources attribute its 13th-century construction to Pisan builders, possibly the architect Masciu Maternato, who lived at Sorbollano and is also credited with the campanile of Carbini.

From Propiano, take the N196 towards Sartène, then turn left onto the D268 towards Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano; the bridge lies three kilometres from the cansa. The deck is only 2.60 metres wide, so cross on foot and expect no parapet protection beyond the low wall seen above the arch.

The bridge survived the 1993 flood of the Rizzanese and Fiumicicoli almost being swept away, and was rebuilt in 1995 to plans by architects Christophe Bizoux and Bernard Fournié Eche with the firm Pieretti. Its four granite cutwaters, visible against the piers, deflect the current.