A cobbled footbridge, Ponte Milvio is best known as the site of the ancient Battle of the Milvian Bridge. The bridge was first built in 109 BC to carry Via Flaminia over the Tiber and survived intact until 1849, when Garibaldi’s troops blew it up to stop advancing French soldiers. Pope Pius IX had it rebuilt a year later.
On the northern end, the Torretta Valadier was formerly used to stage art exhibitions.
