Venice, Italy: San Marco: Bridge of Sighs: Window
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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May 22, 2017
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Italy , Venice , Venezia , San Marco , Bridge of Sighs , Ponte dei Sospiri , Venetian Bridges , Bridges of Venice , Antonio da Ponte , Palazzo Ducale , Doge's Palace , Prigioni Nuove , New Prisons
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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 Bridge of Sighs (in Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri) 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 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 sighed at their last glimpse of Venice through these windows before being taken down to their prison cells. One photo shows tourists walking straight through the interior of the bridge; two show the view through a window's bars; one shows the heading off the Bridge of Sighs toward the prison.
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0