{"id":38822,"date":"2022-08-28T16:04:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/the-hunch-bridge-the-legend\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:41:37","slug":"ponte-gobbo-bobbio-the-legend","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/ponte-gobbo-bobbio-the-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"The legend of Ponte Gobbo in Bobbio"},"content":{"rendered":"

An old legend, full of charm and mystery, identified the architect of the Ponte Gobbo<\/strong> (hunch bridge) of Bobbio with the Devil.<\/p>\n

The Ponte Gobbo History<\/h3>\n

It is said that Saint Colombano, after he moved to Bobbio and built the abbey, desired to cross the river to reach the other bank to find new inaccessible places to pray. He wasn’t able to built a bridge by himself, so according to the legend, he made a deal with the devil, who promised him to build the bridge in only one night, through the help of eleven little devils, as long as he could have the soul of the first passerby, who crossed the bridge the day after.
\nThe eleven devil helpers were differently taller, so they built the arches of the bridge in various heights, because of it the bridge of Bobbio has a windy profile; the same one which characterises the bed of the river.
\nColombano accepted the insane offer, but through a trick he managed to cheat the Devil: he let a dog cross the bridge.
\nAs animals have no soul the Devil got angry and he kicked the bridge, making it more bumpy.<\/p>\n

The bridge nowadays<\/h3>\n

The bridge got restored different times and today it’s in a good state of preservation.
\nIt’s still possible to cross the bridge by walk and reach the opposite bank of the river. On the east bank it’s possible to walk down under the bridge, understanding better the different sizes of the arches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An old legend, full of charm and mystery, identified the architect of the hunch bridge of Bobbio with the Devil. It is said that Colombano Saint, after he moved to Bobbio and built the abbey, he desired to cross the river to reach the other bank to finding new inaccessible places to pray. He wasn\u2019t able to built a bridge by himself, so according to the legend, he made a deal with the devil, who promised to him to build the bridge only in one night, through the help of eleven little devils, as long as he could have the soul of the first passerby who crosses the bridge the day after.\u00a0 The eleven devil helpers were differently taller, so they built the arches of the bridge in various heights, because of it the Bobbio bridge has a windy profile; the same one which is characterized the bed of the river. Colombano Saint accepted the insane offer, but through a trick he managed to cheat the Devil: he had a dog cross the bridge. The Devil got angry and he kicked the bridge, making it more bumpy. The bridge got restored different times and today it\u2019s in a good state of preservation. It\u2019s still possible to cross the bridge by walk and reach the opposite bank of the river. On the east bank it\u2019s possible to walk down under the bridge, understanding better the different sizes of every arches.","protected":false},"featured_media":18329,"template":"","territorio":[936],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[928],"class_list":["post-38822","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-val-trebbia-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-curiosities"],"acf":{"contatti_iat":false,"location":{"lat":"44.767156","lng":"9.3903718","address":"Bobbio Ponte Gobbo 29022"},"accessibilita_disabili":"","orario":"","chiusura_settimanale":"","tariffe":"","iat":33743,"localita":32560},"yoast_head":"\nThe legend of Ponte Gobbo in Bobbio - Visit Piacenza %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The symbol of Bobbio, The Ponte Gobbo (Hunch bridge), according to an old legend was built by the Devil and its helpers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/ponte-gobbo-bobbio-the-legend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The legend of Ponte Gobbo in Bobbio - 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