The remarkable complex of the "Roman Bridge" which, set in a natural context of rare beauty and evocative suggestion, thanks to a recent restoration and arrangement intervention, restores to the visitor the memory of distant times when, at the height of the splendor of the imperial age, the men of the legions of the Roman army passed through these places to reach the never-tamed Germanic lands.
One can walk, starting from the locality of Costa – although the connection with the current road is now hidden from view by a large accumulation of earth – the stunning stretch of the via Claudia, known today as "Via Pagana": four uninterrupted kilometers of gentle ascent, carved into the rock. Only the profile of the original path of the road remains, perfectly defined in some sections, with dimensions varying from 180 to 200 centimeters. Military roads, quite different from the "viae silice stratae" that passed through large inhabited centers, showed, on solid foundations of wood, stone, and sand, a well-compacted gravel surface, and were called "viae glara stratae".
On May 2, 2014, a stamp was issued dedicated to the Claudia Augusta on the occasion of the 2000 years since the death of Augustus, the main inspiration for this Roman road that starts from Altino, in the Venetian lagoon, and reaches Bavaria on the banks of the Danube. Its ancient and modern vocation as a bridge between different cultures found a happy representation in the choice as the subject of the commemorative stamp, released in more than 2,750,000 copies with a value of €0.70.
