Curated Itinerary
What Holds Venice Up: Six Bridges from the Lagoon Crossing to the Bridge of Sighs
Six crossings that carry Venice’s weight: the 1933 road bridge across the lagoon, the Istrian-stone Scalzi rebuilt in 1934, Eugenio Miozzi’s overlooked pair on the Rio Novo, Antonio da Ponte’s Rialto of 1591 and the Bridge of Sighs — a walk about who builds, rebuilds and maintains the crossings a city on water cannot live without. Our digital walk for the European Heritage Days 2026 (26–27 September).
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Liberty Bridge (Ponte della Libertà) – 360°
The Ponte della Libertà is the 3.85-kilometre road causeway that links mainland Mestre to the historic islands of Venice across the lagoon.
Ponte degli Scalzi or the Station – Virtual Tour 360°
A stone arch bridge spanning Venice's Grand Canal, replacing an 1858 cast-iron structure.
Ponte de la Cereria — Miozzi’s Rio Novo, 1933
Venice (1933): the stone bridge Eugenio Miozzi set over his new Rio Novo canal, named for the candle-makers who once worked this corner of the city.
Ponte del Pagan — a 1933 Bridge on Venice’s Rio Novo
Venice (1933): a brick bridge built for the opening of the Rio Novo, the fast new canal Eugenio Miozzi cut from Piazzale Roma toward the Grand Canal.
Ponte di Rialto – Virtual Tour 360°
The oldest of the four bridges across the Grand Canal, completed in 1591 by Antonio da Ponte after a competition that included Michelangelo, Palladio…
Bridge of Sighs – Virtual Tour 360°
A Baroque bridge of Istrian stone built in early 17th-century Venice, connecting the Doge's Palace to the New Prisons—named for the sighs of prisoners…
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