Bridge of Sighs
General Information
| Other name(s): | Ponte dei Sospiri |
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| Completion: | 1600 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Vaulted arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Material: |
Masonry bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Castello, Venezia-Murano-Burano, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy San Marco, Venezia-Murano-Burano, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy |
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| Next to: |
Ponte della Paglia
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| Coordinates: | 45° 26' 2.40" N 12° 20' 27.24" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| arch | arch span | 11 m |
Materials
| arch |
stone
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Notes
Bridge is named after the wailing of the prisoners who passed over it on their way from the Palazzo Ducale to the adjacent prison.
Participants
Architecture
- Antonio di Bernardino Contino (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Bridges. A history of the world's most famous and important spans. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), pp. 27.
- (1998): Brücken. Die Geschichte berühmter Brücken. Könemann, Cologne (Germany), pp. 27.
- (1984): Buiding bridges. History, Technology, Construction. Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany).
- (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.
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 317.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002394 - Published on:
18/11/2001 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016