title: Ponte Cavour
text: # Ponte Cavour
  
  Ponte Cavour is a bridge in Rome (Italy), connecting Piazza del Porto di Ripetta to Lungotevere dei Mellini, in the Rioni Campo Marzio and Prati.
  
  The bridge also serves as a connection between Piazza Cavour [it] and the area of Campo Marzio near the Ara Pacis.
  
  Since the postwar period, in the morning of 1 January of each year the tradition of diving into the Tiber is renewed by swimmers jumping from the parapet of the bridge.
  
  ## History
  
  The bridge, designed by the architect Angelo Vescovali, was built between 1896 and 1901, to replace the temporary Passerella di Ripetta, dating back to 1878. It was inaugurated on 25 May 1901 and named after Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, one of the pioneers of Italian unification.
  
  ## Description
  
  The bridge has five masonry arches covered with travertine; it is 20 metres (66 ft) large and about 100 metres (330 ft) long.
  
  Metro stop (Spagna, line A)
  
  