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Ponte della Maddalena (Ponte del Diavolo), Italy

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Ponte della Maddalena (Ponte del Diavolo)

cover photo by Peter Pipistrello

Location added by Matthew IronHeart Mosti

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 8.0 (average on 5 votes)

Coordinates : 43.985744, 10.551907 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Ponte della Maddalena, perhaps known to most as the Ponte Diavolo.Sotto latter, at the turn of the century, was built the railway that runs through the center of Lucca. Placing near the track (and, with a little 'luck, awaiting the passage of coincidence) you can create compositions of great effect.

Recommended equipment : Reflex, wide angle lens, tripod (if you want to immortalize it at night, or in broad daylight is not necessary, unless you want for yourself, for the sake of composition, lengthen the shutter speed)

Best months : All year. Attention in the winter, you may find the snow-covered roads. Being a place that remains centered in the middle of the mountains, the temperatures are very strict.

How to get there : The fastest way to arrive on the scene is to pass from Lucca and take the SS12 towards Abetone. However, there are alternative routes that depart from the province of Massa (and you switch to Castelnuovo Garfagnana) or from the town of Camaiore (taking the SP1) and arriving at your destination too. The path is much longer and sometimes even difficult if you are not in the area, but immerses you in places that are worth seeing. You may also find an opportunity to stop to do some shooting who knows .... The latter option, however, do not recommend if you are not equipped with the Navigator, because you might lose yourself seriously.

Visits : The place is open, easily accessible by car and there are no tickets to be paid. A few meters from the bridge there is a small car park in which to leave your vehicle.

Notes : Small curiosities storiche.Il bridge was built in the Middle Ages, around the fourteenth century, although the original foundations were already probably in XI.La Legend has it that the latter, at least in the beginning, were continuously destroyed by the floods of the river Serchio, which passed under it. Several architects met the challenge of making it as solid enough to withstand the fury of nature, but without success. But one day, an engineer decided groped a different path: a pact with the devil to succeed where all others had failed. The Demon decided to accept the proposed of 'architect, but in return demanded the soul of the first living person to cross that bridge once ultimato.Preso remorse of having to condemn an ??innocent soul to damnation, the manufacturer rushed to the pastor the country to confess and, with the help of the latter, devised a plan to cheat the maligno.L'indomani, after its completion, was made to walk on the catwalk a Pig, which fù promptly kidnapped by the Devil who dragged him away with it .... Even today, in the nights that accompany the eve of each holy, someone claims to have seen a white pig roam the bridge ....

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