Ponte del Sospri, or Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy
Collection: Europe
Title
Ponte del Sospri, or Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy
Subject
Ponte Del Sospri (Venice, Italy)
Description
On verso:
No. 206. PONTE DEL SOSPRI OR BRIDGE OF SIGHS, VENICE, ITALY.
One of the most interesting relics of old Venice is the “Bridge of Sighs“, so called because it connects the old ducal palace with the prisons. Venitian history is full of intrigues, treachery and acts of violence. Whoever had the misfortune of displeasing the Doge or one of his favorites, was seized and under some pretense condemned to perish under the leaden roofs of the prison, to which the bridge leads, the entrance to which might well have borne the inscription over the entrance to Dante’s ‘‘Inferno”: “Leave all hope behind, ye that enter here!” The bridge spans the Canal Della Paglia, is 32 feet above the water and was built in 1597.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
206
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Ponte del Sospri, or Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy,” Digital Canton, accessed April 25, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/520.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
Ponte del Sospri, or Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy
Subject
Ponte Del Sospri (Venice, Italy)
Description
On verso:
No. 206. PONTE DEL SOSPRI OR BRIDGE OF SIGHS, VENICE, ITALY.
One of the most interesting relics of old Venice is the “Bridge of Sighs“, so called because it connects the old ducal palace with the prisons. Venitian history is full of intrigues, treachery and acts of violence. Whoever had the misfortune of displeasing the Doge or one of his favorites, was seized and under some pretense condemned to perish under the leaden roofs of the prison, to which the bridge leads, the entrance to which might well have borne the inscription over the entrance to Dante’s ‘‘Inferno”: “Leave all hope behind, ye that enter here!” The bridge spans the Canal Della Paglia, is 32 feet above the water and was built in 1597.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
206
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Ponte del Sospri, or Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy,” Digital Canton, accessed April 25, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/520.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches