LE RAGIONI DI UN PONTE. IL PONTE DELLA VALLE DI DURAZZANO E L’UTOPIA DELL'ACQUEDOTTO CAROLINO

The Taglione Bridge is one of the three bridges of the Carolino Aqueduct, therefore, an integral part of the Unesco Heritage of the Royal Palace of Caserta. The first bridge is in Airola, the third are the Maddaloni bridges, the second, which Luigi Vanvitelli designed and personally supervised the works, called it Ponte della Valle di Durazzano. Even if, with stubbornness, he wanted it to become the "Bridge of Ferdinand IV", as the first work begun in the new Kingdom of King Piccirillo. This was the intent of the galley that made the Durazzano bridge the battlefield of hatred that was already brewing between the Royal Architect and Bernardo Tanucci, President of the Council of Charles III. Papalino the former, the latter reformist. Vanvitelli, a man of art but also of profession, wanted to have that name for his new bridge to demonstrate the breadth of his power even with the beginning of the new political course and at the same time affix a plaque to celebrate the new king. Tanucci saw this as a goal to boycott.