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Scalzi Bridge — (Archive Venipedia/Bazzmann)

Don't miss the opportunity to walk this bridge, note its sinuousness and elegance.
When you are at the highest point, stop and look around. You may feel fatigued and winded but the breathtaking spectacle will repay you for your effort: you will be able to enjoy a fragment of the Grand Canal and be captivated by the facades of the splendid Church of the Scalzi and the temple dedicated to San Simeone Piccolo.
The bridge is a unique example of a bridge that is a real pleasure to walk on.

This bridge is, together with those of Rialto, of the Accademia and the recent one of the Constitution, one of the four bridges that cross the Grand Canal.

Its name derives from its proximity to the church of the same name while its construction was made necessary by the inauguration of the railway station in 1846, as a connection to San Polo, Rialto, Santa Margherita (also called the station or railway bridge). .

A few years later this bridge was built by Alfred Neville, along the lines of that of the Academy (also the entrepreneur who took care of the work was t

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