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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.
Venice, Italy Click the map for an interactive, fullscreen view. The Grand Canal ( Italian : Canal Grande [kaˌnal ˈɡrande] , locally and informally Canalazzo ; Venetian : Canal Grando , locally usually Canałaso [kanaˈɰaso] ) is the largest channel in Venice , Italy, forming one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.
English: Venice, Italy, as viewed by Hodoyoshi-1 satellite. Date: 18 July 2016: Source: ... You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work;
The Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto; Venetian: Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.Connecting the sestieri (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city.
Palazzo Mocenigo on the Grand Canal in Venice. The Palazzo Mocenigo detto "il Nero" is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Other Palazzi Mocenigo on each side include the Palazzo Mocenigo Casa Nuova and the Palazzo Mocenigo Casa Vecchia. The palazzo is located between the Rialto Bridge and St Mark's Square. [1]
Caorle (Italian pronunciation:; [3] Venetian: Càorle) is a coastal town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy, located between the estuaries of the Livenza and Lemene rivers. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea between two other tourist towns, Eraclea and Bibione .
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is an art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy. It is one of the most visited attractions in Venice. The collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th-century palace, which was the home of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim for three decades.
Piazzetta dei Leoncini is a city square in Venice, Italy. [1] The square is located on the north side of the St Mark's Basilica , near the Palazzo Patriarcale and San Basso . [ 2 ] The square is known for its lion statuary in marble of Cottanello, made by the sculptor Giovanni Bonazza in 1722. [ 3 ]