Ponte Tron
The Ponte Tron or Ponte de la Piavola, near Piazza San Marco in Venice spans the Rio Orseolo near the Bacino Orseolo. It is one of more than 400 bridges that connect the archipelago of 118 islands divided by about 150 canals and narrow rivers in the shallow Venetian lagoon.Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: arch bridge in Venice, Italy
- Also known as: “Ponte Tron, Venice”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piazza San Marco and Doge’s Palace.
Piazza San Marco
Square
Photo: Lothar John, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piazza San Marco, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza. Piazza San Marco is situated 170 metres east of Ponte Tron.
Doge’s Palace
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice 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. Doge’s Palace is situated 310 metres east of Ponte Tron.
La Fenice
Theater building
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Teatro La Fenice is a historic opera house in Venice, 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. La Fenice is situated 220 metres southwest of Ponte Tron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Marco and San Polo.
San Marco
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
San Marco is the central district of Venice. 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.
San Polo
San Polo is one of six sestieri that make up Venice. Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.
Dorsoduro
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
Dorsoduro is one of the six historic sestieri of Venice, Italy, 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.
Ponte Tron
- Categories: arch bridge and transportation
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.43459° or 45° 26′ 5″ northLongitude
12.33638° or 12° 20′ 11″ eastOpen location code
8FQJC8MP+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 560287316OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q1079652
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Serbo-Croatian—“Ponte Tron” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “特隆桥”
- Chinese: “特隆橋”
- Croatian: “Ponte Tron”
- French: “ponte de la Piavola”
- French: “ponte Tron”
- French: “Ponte Tron”
- German: “Ponte Tron”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ponte Tron”
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