Bridge of Sighs

The Bridge of Sighs in , is a stone covered bridge at St John's College, Cambridge, England. It was built in 1831 and crosses the between the college's Third Court and New Court.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge at St John’s College, Cambridge University, England
  • Also known as: “Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge” and “St John’s College, New Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinity College and Gonville and Caius College.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. is situated 580 feet south of Bridge of Sighs.

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, commonly known as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in , England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest. is situated 940 feet south of Bridge of Sighs.

University
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King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city. is situated 1,600 feet south of Bridge of Sighs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Newnham.

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is a university city in in . It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.

Suburb
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is a suburb and electoral ward in , England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward had a population of 11,374.

Neighborhood
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is a residential estate and a listed heritage site in , . The estate was designed by Eric Lyons of Eric Lyons & Partners. It was built in three phases between 1959 and 1964.

Bridge of Sighs

Latitude
52.20841° or 52° 12′ 30″ north
Longitude
0.11578° or 0° 6′ 57″ east
Open location code
9F426458+98
Open­Street­Map ID
way 576816647
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q3397409
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Bridge of Sighs” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Мост уздыхаў”
  • Catalan: “Bridge of Sighs”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی ئاخەکان، کامبریج”
  • Chinese: “叹息桥 (剑桥)”
  • Chinese: “叹息桥”
  • French: “pont des Soupirs”
  • French: “Pont des Soupirs”
  • Italian: “Bridge of Sighs”
  • Italian: “Ponte dei Sospiri”
  • Japanese: “ため息橋”
  • Russian: “Мост Вздохов”
  • Serbian: “Мост уздаха”
  • Spanish: “Bridge of Sighs”
  • Spanish: “puente de los Suspiros”
  • Spanish: “Puente de los Suspiros”
  • Swedish: “Suckarnas bro, Cambridge”
  • Swedish: “Suckarnas bro”

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Highlights include Kitchen Bridge and St John’s College Bridge.

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