Bridge of Sighs

General Information

Structure:	Vaulted arch bridge
Function / usage:	Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
Material:	Masonry bridge

Location:	Castello, Venezia-Murano-Burano, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy San Marco, Venezia-Murano-Burano, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Next to:	Ponte della Paglia
Coordinates:	45° 26' 2.40" N 12° 20' 27.24" E

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arch

arch span

11 m

arch	stone

Bridge is named after the wailing of the prisoners who passed over it on their way from the Palazzo Ducale to the adjacent prison.

Architecture

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Wittfoht, Hans (1984): Buiding bridges. History, Technology, Construction. Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany).
Bonavita, Andrea (2012): Building the New Prisons of Venice and Their Bridge [1591-1604]. Presented at: Fourth International Congress on Construction History, Paris, 3-7 July 2012, pp. 149-156.
Prade, Marcel (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 317.