Ponte dell’Accademia

The Ponte dell'Accademia is one of only four bridges to span the Grand Canal in , . It crosses near the southern end of the canal, and is named for the , which from 1807 to 2004 was housed in the Scuola della Carità together with the , which is still there.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in Venice, Italy
  • Also known as: “Academia Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gallerie dell’Accademia and Palazzo Grassi.

Museum
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The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in , northern Italy. It houses the Leonardo da Vinci drawing The Vitruvian Man, which can only be exposed for a few weeks every six years for conservation reasons.

Museum
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is a building in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice, between the Palazzo Moro Lin and the campo . is situated 250 metres north of Ponte dell’Accademia.

Theater building
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Teatro is a historic opera house in , Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. is situated 450 metres northeast of Ponte dell’Accademia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorsoduro and San Marco.

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is one of the six historic sestieri of , , located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon.

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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.

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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.

Ponte dell’Accademia

Latitude
45.43166° or 45° 25′ 54″ north
Longitude
12.32891° or 12° 19′ 44″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8JH+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 556239027
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
7910507
Wiki­data ID
Q52509
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Ponte dell’Accademia” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ակադեմիայի կամուրջ”
  • Basque: “Akademiaren zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Мост Акадэміі”
  • Chinese: “学院桥”
  • Chinese: “學院橋”
  • Croatian: “Akademijin most”
  • Czech: “most Akademie”
  • Czech: “Most Akademie”
  • Dutch: “Academiebrug”
  • Dutch: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • French: “pont de l’Académie”
  • French: “Pont de l’Académie”
  • German: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • Hebrew: “גשר האקדמיה”
  • Italian: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • Japanese: “アカデミア橋”
  • Japanese: “アッカデーミア橋”
  • Japanese: “アッカデミア橋”
  • Korean: “아카데미아 다리”
  • Korean: “아카데미아다리”
  • Macedonian: “Мост на академијата”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • Norwegian: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • Polish: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte da Academia”
  • Russian: “Мост Академии”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • Slovak: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • Spanish: “puente de la Academia”
  • Spanish: “Puente de la Academia”
  • Swedish: “Ponte dell’Accademia”
  • Turkish: “Accademia Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Академії”
  • Venetian: “Ponte de l’Academia”

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