Venice, Italy: San Marco: New Prison
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Multiple photos are associated with this record. Please click the links to view all of the items in the series. The photos are of the interior of the New Prisons (in Italian: Prigioni Nuove) in Venice, Italy. Venice (Venezia) is a city in northeastern Italy that is built on a group of 126 islands separated by open water and canals, linked through 472 bridges. The historical island city is home to only 51K people, but a very popular tourist destination with about 60K tourists per day. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is renowned for its beauty, architecture, and artwork. The famous Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) was designed by Antonio da Ponte in the 1580s and is made of white limestone. It sits over the Rio di Palazzo and links the Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale) and the New Prisons (Prigioni Nuove). The windows with stone bars led to the bridge's name, as convicts tried in the Doge's Palace sighed at their last glimpse of Venice through these windows as they were taken to their prison cells. These photos were taken in the prison after crossing over the Bridge of Sighs. The New Prisons were built in 1589-1616.
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