Encyclopedia • Bridges

Pedestrian crossing connecting Fondamente Nove, located more or less opposite the Island of San Michele - the cemetery of Venice - and providing access to the area of the Ospedale Civile.

Made of stone with parapets, this pedestrian crossing takes its name from the adjacent former Incurabili Hospital building. What makes it unique, however, is the memory of the Russian author Brodskij, who dedicated a book to the Fondamenta degli…

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…

Also known as the Calatrava Bridge, it is the latest bridge built in Venice and certainly the most modern: its structure is made of red-painted steel and tempered glass.

It was supposed to be a temporary bridge and last only a few years, instead, after almost 80 years, it continues to connect two of Venice's major institutions: the Gallerie dell'Accademia and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze. The bridge's wooden…

Bridge linking the wide Campo Santa Maria Formosa, once the scene of bull hunts, with Ruga Giuffa.

One of the seven curious Ponti Storti in Venice, in the vicinity of Ca' Vendramin Calergi and the Church of San Marcuola.

You will encounter this bridge proceeding from the Ex Teatro Italia towards Campo Santi Apostoli, walking along a narrow calle that comes out on Rio Terà della Maddalena. It represents a piece of Venetian history that has now disappeared.

Positioned in front of the entrance portal of the Church of San Giacomo dall'Orio, this bridge leads to one of the streets leading to the Santa Lucia railway station.

Bridge connecting Campo San Giacomo dall'Orio and Campo Nazario Sauro, it is also parallel to Ponte Ruga Vecchia, the bridge at the foot of the main entrance to the Church of San Giacomo dall'Orio.

The connecting element between Fondamenta San Simeon Piccolo and Fondamenta della Croce, as well as the obligatory route to arrive at Lista di Spagna-Strada Nova before the laying of the Ponte della Costituzione bridge.

The curious naming of this bridge is linked to the presence, at its base, of four slender obelisks towering upwards. The location is certainly interesting: it was built in the elbow of Rio di Cannaregio, in the curve that leads the canal to merge…