THE OLDEST BRIDGE IN GREECE.

The Mycenaean Bridge of Kazarma (1300 BC) is the oldest preserved bridge in Europe which is located in the village Arkadiko of Peloponnese, Greece! It connects Nafplio with Epidaurus, near the village of Arkadiko, is one of the most important monuments of Mycenaean civilization, the single-arched bridge of Arkadiko, or as it is otherwise known the "Kazarma bridge". It is considered as the oldest bridge in Europe and it dates back to 1300 BC. Its purpose was to connect Epidaurus with Mycenae and Ancient Tiryns. It was built with large raw limestones without the use of binder. This was a common construction method followed by the Mycenaean craftsmen at that time and was called 'Cyclopean masonry'. The weight of the limestone, but also their symmetrical placement towards its vertical axis, made the building stable.
There are ruins of four more mycenean bridges near the Kazarma Bridge, that follow a similar construction method. It is believed that around the area between the Acropolis of Mycenae and the plain of Nafplio there were total 17 bridges. The bridges of the Mycenaean civilization were listed in the Guinness World Records.