Ponte Gobbo桥，意大利博比奥 Ponte Vecchio bridge near Bobbio, Italy (© afinocchiaro/Getty Images)

Ponte Gobbo桥，意大利博比奥 Ponte Vecchio bridge near Bobbio, Italy (© afinocchiaro/Getty Images)

特雷比亚河的左岸便是 On the left bank of the river Trebbia, lies...

Bobbio, Italy

Between the metropolis of Milan—the fashion and design capital of Italy—and the fabled seaport city of Genoa, you'll find this small river town in northern Italy. People have resided here since ancient times, including the Romans, but the town really began to flourish when the abbey was constructed in the 7th century. For much of the Middle Ages, the Bobbio Abbey and its vast library made the town a center of religion, culture, and learning.

These days, Bobbio is a regular tourist stop perhaps best known for its old bridge, or Ponte Vecchio (not to be confused with THE Ponte Vecchio in Florence). Bobbio's old bridge spans the river Trebbia with 11 arches of unequal size and is commonly called Ponte Gobbo (Hunchback Bridge), because of its irregular shape.

Bobbio remains a jewel box of a town frozen in time. With its many small churches, modest houses, and cobblestone streets, Bobbio maintains the character of a medieval village nestled the Trebbia valley. Ernest Hemingway described the Val Trebbia as 'the most beautiful in the world,' and with views like this, who could argue with him?

意大利博比奥

在意大利时尚和设计之都米兰和传说中的海港城市热那亚之间，你会发现这个意大利北部的小河镇。自古以来，这里就有人居住，包括罗马人，但当修道院于7世纪建成时，这座城镇真正开始繁荣起来。在中世纪的大部分时间里，博比奥修道院及其巨大的图书馆使该镇成为宗教、文化和学习的中心。

如今，博比奥是一个固定的旅游站，也许最著名的是它的老桥，或者叫Vecchio桥（不要和佛罗伦萨的Vecchio桥混淆）。博比奥的旧桥横跨特雷比亚河，有11座大小不等的拱门，因其形状不规则，通常被称为“驼背桥”（Ponte Gobbo）。

博比奥仍然是一个被时间冻结的城镇的珠宝盒。博比奥有许多小教堂、简陋的房屋和鹅卵石街道，保持着特雷比亚山谷一个中世纪村庄的特色。欧内斯特·海明威（Ernest Hemingway）将瓦尔·特雷比娅（Val Trebbia）描述为“世界上最美的”，有这样的观点，谁能和他争论呢？