Tiber Island (IsolaTiberina), Rome

Tiber Island is an island in the Tiber River in Rome. Approximately 270 meters long and 67 meters wide, the island is well known as the site of an ancient temple of Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine. On the island there is the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew (Rome), which really is worth to be visited. The island of Tiber is connected to Rome by two bridges. The Ponte Fabricio is the oldest bridge in Rome that has survived to nowadays. It is named after the consul who built it in 62 BC - Fabricius. It was called the Bridge of the Four Heads (Quattro Capi) by the Romans. It connects the island with the Field of Mars (Campus Martius). In the past, it was called the Bridge of the Jews because it connected the island to the Ghetto, the neighborhood where the Jewish population of Rome lived. The Ponte Cestio dates back to 46 BC and connects the island with Trastevere (literally "beyond the Tiber") to the south. On the island you can see a third bridge - Roto, which collapsed in the late 16th century. After the Ponte Cestio can visit two churches: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere and Basilica of Our Lady in Trastevere.