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Bridge of Sighs

The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in , Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Bridge over a canal in Venice
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Basilica.

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The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice.

Church
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The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of .

Square
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, 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 190 metres west of Bridge of Sighs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Marco and Castello.

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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 .

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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.

Bridge of Sighs

Latitude
45.43406° or 45° 26′ 3″ north
Longitude
12.34086° or 12° 20′ 27″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8MR+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 138803225
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
10628958
Wiki­data ID
Q52517
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Bridge of Sighs” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Brug van Sugte”
  • Arabic: “جسر التنهدات”
  • Armenian: “Հառաչանքների կամուրջ”
  • Basque: “Hasperenen zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Мост Уздыхаў”
  • Bulgarian: “Мост на въздишките”
  • Catalan: “Pont dels sospirs”
  • Chinese: “叹息桥”
  • Chinese: “嘆息橋”
  • Corsican: “Ponte di i Suspiri”
  • Croatian: “Most uzdaha”
  • Czech: “Most vzdechů”
  • Danish: “Sukkenes Bro”
  • Dutch: “Brug der Zuchten”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto de la suspiroj”
  • Estonian: “Ohete sild”
  • Finnish: “Huokausten silta”
  • French: “pont des Soupirs”
  • French: “Pont des Soupirs”
  • Fulah: “Bridge of Sighs”
  • Georgian: “ოხვრის ხიდი”
  • German: “Seufzerbrücke”
  • German: “Die Seufzerbrücke (Ponte dei Sospiri).” (historical)
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα των στεναγμών”
  • Hebrew: “גשר האנחות”
  • Hindi: “आहों का सेतु”
  • Hungarian: “Sóhajok hídja”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan dari Sighs”
  • Italian: “ponte dei Sospiri”
  • Italian: “Ponte dei Sospiri”
  • Japanese: “ため息橋”
  • Korean: “탄식의 다리”
  • Macedonian: “Мост на воздишките”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sukkenes bro”
  • Norwegian: “Sukkenes bro”
  • Persian: “پل آه”
  • Persian: “پل افسوس”
  • Polish: “Most Westchnień”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte dos Suspiros”
  • Romanian: “Puntea Suspinelor”
  • Russian: “Мост Вздохов”
  • Serbian: “Most uzdaha”
  • Serbian: “Мост уздаха”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ponte dei Sospiri”
  • Slovenian: “Most vzdihljajev, Benetke”
  • Spanish: “puente de los Suspiros”
  • Spanish: “Puente de los Suspiros”
  • Swedish: “Suckarnas bro”
  • Thai: “สะพานถอนหายใจ”
  • Turkish: “Ahlar Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Зітхань”
  • Venetian: “Ponte dei Sospiri”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Than thở”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Than Thở”
  • Welsh: “Pont yr Ochneidiau”
  • Western Armenian: “Հառաչանքներու Կամուրջ”
  • Western Armenian: “Հառաչանքներու Կամուրջը”
  • Yue Chinese: “嘆息橋”

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