{"id":17178,"date":"2023-01-18T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walksofitaly.com\/blog\/?p=17178"},"modified":"2023-07-04T08:02:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T07:02:40","slug":"the-bridge-of-sighs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walksofitaly.com\/blog\/attractions\/the-bridge-of-sighs","title":{"rendered":"The Bridge of Sighs in Venice: History, Architecture, Tips & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bridge of Sighs is a very pleasant solution to a very grim problem. In 1600 Venice\u2019s prisons for common criminals were being moved from the ground floor of the Doge\u2019s Palace<\/a> to a building across a narrow canal from the Palace. The question was how to get the inmates who had just had confessions wrung out of them in the torture chamber into the new building.<\/p>\n

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The Grand Canal is home to many famous and wonderful walkways.<\/p><\/div>\n

A passageway cum bridge was needed and a young architect named Antonio Contino was chosen for the job. His creation was a small, enclosed span of white limestone with stone bars covering the windows. It has become famous due to a mix of its whimsical look, a very sad history, and probably a bit of poetic license by the Romantics. Like many parts of Venice<\/a>, its facts and lore are difficult to distinguish, which only adds to its allure.<\/p>\n

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