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Bridges of Venice, Walking Tours, James Broos, Lulu.com, 2008 - 150 p., ISBN 978-0-6152-1958-5; Venezia *Ponte per *Ponte "--vita, morte e miracoli-- " dei 443 manufatti che attraversano i canali della città, Gianpietro Zucchetta, 1992, Stamperia di Venezia, Venise. site reprenant les ponts de Venise; liste de ponts avec caractéristiques
The Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto; Venetian: Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.Connecting the sestieri (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city.
The rivalry between the Nicolotti and the Castellani clans at the bridge dates back to the 14th century. [5] The tradition was ended in the early 18th century after a 1705 altercation led to a "bloodbath" with knives and stones. [5] Competition on the Ponte dei Pugni in Venice by Joseph Heintz the Younger (1673).
Ponte della Paglia is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The current structure dates from 1847, and the original structure was built in 1360. The original structure was the oldest stone bridge in Venice. [1] The name of the bridge is understood to come from boats mooring nearby to offload straw (paglia). [2]
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", [2] [3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.
Most of us had the sinking suspicion that something like this was bound to happen sooner or later, kind of like oiling our seas into extinction: One of Europe's great landmarks, Venice's Bridge of ...
The Ponte della Libertà [1] (Liberty Bridge) [2] is a road bridge connecting the islands that form the historical centre of the city of Venice to the mainland part of the city. Designed in 1932 by engineer Eugenio Miozzi , it was opened by Benito Mussolini in 1933 as Ponte Littorio (" Lictor 's bridge") – a name used during the Fascist era ...
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