Bridge of Sighs - Venice, Italy
by Richard Krebs
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Bridge of Sighs - Venice, Italy
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Richard Krebs
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Photograph - Photograph
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The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino and was built in 1600. The view from the bridge was the last view that convicts would see before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was given by Lord Byron from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken to their cells.
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