Veneto
Metropolitan Venice
Venice

Rialto Bridge

The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the in , Italy. Connecting the sestieri of and , it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: one of four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy
  • Also known as: “Ponte di Rialto”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palazzo dei Camerlenghi and Piazza San Marco.

Government building
Photo: Adriano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Renaissance palazzo in , northern , located in the sestiere of . It faces the Canal Grande, adjacent to the Rialto Bridge.

Square
Photo: Lothar John, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of , Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza. is situated 470 metres southeast of Rialto Bridge.

Church
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church in the sestiere of , , northern . The inclusion of in the name distinguishes this church from which is situated in the sestiere of , on the same side of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Marco and San Polo.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is the central district of . It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

Photo: Ghouston, CC0.
is one six sestieri that make up . For many travellers, it's the first part of Venice they enter, since Venezia Santa Lucia railway station, the main railway station, is here.

Rialto Bridge

Latitude
45.43804° or 45° 26′ 17″ north
Longitude
12.33593° or 12° 20′ 9″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8QP+69
Open­Street­Map ID
way 199258374
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
7302944
Wiki­data ID
Q52505
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Rialto Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rialto Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر ريالتو”
  • Armenian: “Ռիալտո”
  • Basque: “Rialto zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Мост Рыяльта”
  • Bulgarian: “Риалто”
  • Catalan: “Pont de Rialto”
  • Chinese: “里亚尔托桥”
  • Chinese: “里阿爾托橋”
  • Corsican: “Ponte di Rialtu”
  • Croatian: “Most Rialto”
  • Czech: “most Rialto”
  • Czech: “Most Rialto”
  • Danish: “Rialtobroen”
  • Dutch: “Rialtobrug”
  • Esperanto: “Ponte di Rialto”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto Rialto”
  • Estonian: “Rialto sild”
  • Finnish: “Rialton silta”
  • French: “pont du Rialto”
  • French: “Pont du Rialto”
  • German: “Ponte di Rialto”
  • German: “Rialto-Brücke”
  • German: “Rialtobrücke”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα του Ριάλτο”
  • Hebrew: “גשר ריאלטו”
  • Hungarian: “Rialto híd”
  • Ido: “Ponto Rialto”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Rialto”
  • Italian: “ponte di Rialto”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Rialto”
  • Japanese: “リアルト橋”
  • Kazakh: “Риальто көпірі”
  • Korean: “리알토 교”
  • Korean: “리알토 다리”
  • Lithuanian: “Rialto tiltas”
  • Macedonian: “Ријалто (мост)”
  • Macedonian: “Ријалто”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rialtobroen”
  • Norwegian: “Rialtobroen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pont de Rialto”
  • Persian: “پل ریالتو”
  • Polish: “Most Rialto”
  • Polish: “Ponte di Rialto”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte de Rialto”
  • Romanian: “Podul Rialto”
  • Russian: “мост Риальто”
  • Russian: “Мост Риальто”
  • Russian: “Понте-ди-Риальто”
  • Serbian: “Most Rialto”
  • Serbian: “Мост Риалто”
  • Serbian: “Мост Ријалто”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ponte di Rialto”
  • Slovak: “Ponte di Rialto”
  • Slovenian: “most Rialto”
  • Slovenian: “Most Rialto”
  • Spanish: “puente de Rialto”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Rialto”
  • Spanish: “Puente del Rialto”
  • Swedish: “Ponte di Rialto”
  • Swedish: “Rialtobron”
  • Tagalog: “Tulay Rialto”
  • Thai: “สะพานรีอัลโต”
  • Turkish: “Rialto Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Ріальто”
  • Venetian: “Ponte de Rialto”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Rialto”
  • Welsh: “Pont Rialto”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Rialto Bridge”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Santa Croce and Dorsoduro.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Ponte de Oro and Le Perle.

Venice: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Murano, Venice Marco Polo Airport, Burano, and Lido.

Curious Bridges to Discover

Uncover intriguing bridges from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rialto Bridge”. Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.