The Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto) and other Venice, Italy Off The Beaten Path Tips

Ponte di Rialto is the most important bridge over the Canal Grande.
The first wood bridge, called “Ponte della Moneta”, was the creation of Nicolo Battieri. It was destroyed in the year 1444.
The rebuilding of the bridge began in 1588, after the plans of the architect Antonio da Ponte, and it was finished in the year 1592.
The new construction is a white stone bridge, with a superb architecture, with many souvenirs shops on it, and with a large way for the visitors.
The arcade under the bridge has a high of 7, 5 m and an expanse of 28 m, and makes possible the circulation of the vporettis, gondolas, motorboats, and other embarkations, under it, on the water of the canal.
This construction is a necessity for the pedestrian traffic in Venice and an attraction for the many visitors pf the city.

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First, a metal bridge was built in the year 1854, over the Canal Grande, on the same place where the actually Accademia Bridge is.
The old construction was not in concordance with the architecture of the city, and the actually bridge was built provisionally, of wood, in the year 1934.
The intention of the constructors was to build a new stone bridge, but the constructed bridge resisted over the time, and remained as one of three bridges over the canal.
The bridge make the connection between the “Campo San Vidal and the Campo della Carita.

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This bridge was also built in the year 1934, after the Accademia Bridge.
This is placed at the beginning of the Canal Grande, next to the railway Station Santa Lucia.
This is a stone construction that makes the connection between the two sides of the canal, on an important place, where the train station is.

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This small bridge, over the Rio di Palazzo, makes the connection between the Palazzo Ducale and the prison next to it.
For many people, in the preceding centuries, the bridge was the way, or maybe the last way between the courtroom in the palace and the incarceration.
The architecture of the bridge is not imposing, but the remembrance to the old significance of it, is for many tourists a reason to look at this building.

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