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Sestiere San Marco
30124 Venezia
Italy
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Neighborhood :
San Marco
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Some legends say that the Ponte dei Sospiri was called the Bridge of Sighs because it was a rendezvous for lovers; however, the truth tells a much sadder tale. The bridge, in fact was built to convey magistrates to the courts and prisoners to their fates. However, the Baroque bridge, designed by Antonio Contino, still has a very romantic air to it, and remains an important historical landmark in Venice today.
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Ponte dei sospirois the best place imaginable!It was so beuatiful.I should think just about as good as the grand canal.I love it very much.Peop...
The Bridge of Sighs or Ponte dei Sospiri
When under the bridge in a gondola, when you go into the Doge palace you can go across this bridge it leads to the prison thats why its call th...
Robin Trower said it best.
The Bridge of Sighs. (Ponte de sospiri) Called that since the little window onthe bridge is the last time prisoners saw the outside before cros...
The bridge and its surroundings
It's one of those little architectural details that make you feel the place you're visiting. Opposite to it is the shore that faces the third v...
when i saw it i wanted to cry
me and my husband visited for our honeymoon and it was so romantic....i can't wait to go back
Bridge of History
The only fully covered bridge in Venice. You can take a tour and see this in person, but I saw it from a gondola ride underneath it. Fascinatin...
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