ITALIA

PONTE DELLA MADDALENA

is a bridge crossing the Serchio river near the town of Borgo a Mozzano in the Italian province of Lucca. It's one of the numerous medieval bridges known as Ponte del Diavolo, the "Bridge of the Devil". It was a vital river crossing on the Via Francigena, an early medieval road to Rome those coming from France that was an important medieval pilgrimage route. Accordance with the legend, the bridge was constructed by St Julian who unable to finish the difficult project, asked the Devil for assistance, offering him return the spirit of the first living being who’d have crossed the finished bridge.