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The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", [2] [3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.
Bridge of Sighs, enclosed limestone bridge in Venice, Italy, spanning the narrow canal (Rio di Palazzo) between the Doge’s Palace and the prisons. Commissioned by the doge Marino Grimani, whose familial coat of arms is depicted in the centre of the facade, the Baroque-style bridge was built about 1600 by the architect Antonio Contino.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bridge of Sighs Lyrics & Meanings: The sun don't shine / The moon don't move the tides, / to wash me clean / Sun don't shine / The moon don't move the tides, / to wash me clean / Why so unforgiving and why so cold / Been a long time crossing Bridge of Sighs / Cold wind blows / The Gods look down in anger, / on this poor child / Cold wind blows / And Gods look down in anger, / on this poor ...
The Bridge is Baroque and is made of white Istrian stone, spans around 11 meters or 36 feet. The Bridge has over 20 faces carved along the bridge’s lower arch. It is renowned as an architectural and engineering achievement of the Renaissance. The Bridge of Sighs was designed and built by Antonio da Ponte and his nephew, Antonio Contino ...
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