The bridge's history and the border
How many arches, when it was built and how its crown became the border in 1881–1912.
- Structure
- 4 spans, 5 piers in the water
- Width and height
- 4 m and 12 m
- Dating
- 1602–06, 1612 or 1613 (sources differ)
- Border
- 1881–1912
According to the English Wikipedia, the Bridge of Arta is a stone pedestrian bridge, owned by the Ministry of Culture, 4 m wide and 12 m high, with four spans and five piers in the water. This guide's page on the bridge gives other dimensions from other sources, so the figures need checking.
When it was built
The chronicler Panayiotis Aravantinos says the first bridge was built under the Roman Empire. According to a tradition it was rebuilt when Arta was capital of the Despotate, possibly under Michael II, but without citation. The present bridge is Ottoman, dated probably 1602–06 or 1613, while the source's infobox gives 1612.
The border
From the annexation of Arta to Greece in 1881 until the First Balkan War in 1912, the highest point of the bridge marked the border between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Greece.
