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The Bridge of Sighs is a famous bridge in Venice, Italy built in the 16th century; the bridge an enclosed limestone structure with windows was the connecting passage between the prisons located in the dungeons beneath the city and the inquisition chambers located in the nearby Doge's Palace.
The bridge overlooks the Rio di Pallazo and was named so by Lord Byron (1788-1824) the celebrated English poet probably to describe the state of mind of the prisoners as they were led to the prisons when they would take a last look at the beauty of Venice and sigh sadly.
The name of the bridge became popular throughout the world with several other bridges being referred to as the Bridge of Sighs; some examples are the Hertford Bridge in Oxford and the Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge in the UK, a bridge in Frankfurt, Germany and another in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the US which connects the Allegheny County Courthouse with the prisons.
The bridge overlooks the Rio di Pallazo and was named so by Lord Byron (1788-1824) the celebrated English poet probably to describe the state of mind of the prisoners as they were led to the prisons when they would take a last look at the beauty of Venice and sigh sadly.
The name of the bridge became popular throughout the world with several other bridges being referred to as the Bridge of Sighs; some examples are the Hertford Bridge in Oxford and the Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge in the UK, a bridge in Frankfurt, Germany and another in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the US which connects the Allegheny County Courthouse with the prisons.
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