Constitution Bridge

The Ponte della Costituzione is the fourth bridge over the in , . It was designed by Santiago Calatrava, and was moved into place in 2007, amid protest by politicians and the general public.
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Photo: Christoph Radtke, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in Venice, Italy
  • Also known as: “Ponte Calatrava”, “ponte della Costituzione”, and “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Venezia Santa Lucia Railway Station and Piazzale Roma.

Railway station
Photo: Pleclown, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Venezia Santa Lucia is the central station of in the north-east of . It is a terminus and located at the northern edge of Venice's historic city. is situated 280 metres northeast of Constitution Bridge.

Bus station
Photo: Luca Fascia, Public domain.
is a square in , , at the entrance of the city, at the end of the , a road bridge. The bridge connects the islands that form the historical centre of the city of Venice to the mainland part of the city. is situated 110 metres southwest of Constitution Bridge.

Park
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giardino Papadopoli is a terraced garden filled with shade trees in the Venetian sestiere of , between the Venezia Santa Lucia train station and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Croce and Dorsoduro.

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
is one of the six sestieri of , occupying the northwest part of the main islands. The district includes the Piazzale Roma, home to Venice's bus station and car parks, and around which is the only area of the city in which cars can travel.

Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
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.

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.

Constitution Bridge

Latitude
45.43884° or 45° 26′ 20″ north
Longitude
12.31944° or 12° 19′ 10″ east
Inception
2007
Open location code
8FQJC8Q9+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 199257611
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q52501
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Constitution Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սահմանադրության կամուրջ”
  • Basque: “Konstituzioaren zubia (Venezia)”
  • Basque: “Konstituzioaren zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Мост Канстытуцыі”
  • Bulgarian: “Мост на Конституцията”
  • Catalan: “ponte della Costituzione”
  • Chinese: “宪法桥”
  • Chinese: “憲法橋”
  • Croatian: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Czech: “most Ústavy”
  • Czech: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Dutch: “ponte della Costituzione”
  • Dutch: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Finnish: “Calatravan silta”
  • French: “pont de la Constitution”
  • French: “Pont de la Constitution”
  • Galician: “ponte da Constitución”
  • German: “Brücke der Verfassung”
  • German: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Hebrew: “גשר החוקה”
  • Indonesian: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Italian: “ponte della Costituzione”
  • Italian: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Italian: “ponte di Calatrava”
  • Italian: “quarto ponte sul Canal Grande”
  • Japanese: “コスティトゥツィオーネ橋”
  • Japanese: “ローマ広場歩道橋”
  • Korean: “코스티투치오네 다리”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Norwegian: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Polish: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte da Constituição”
  • Russian: “Мост Конституции”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Slovenian: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Spanish: “puente de la Constitucion”
  • Spanish: “puente de la Constitución”
  • Spanish: “Puente de la Constitución”
  • Swedish: “Ponte della Costituzione”
  • Swedish: “Ponte di Calatrava”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Конституції”
  • Venetian: “Ponte de ła Costitusion”

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