The ancient city on the water is considered a real museum.open air. Filled with romance and mystical traditions, he has long become a true legend in which all couples in love dream of being. The special atmosphere of fabulous Venice, filled with the sea air and elusive charm, creates unique and forever in the memory of emotions.
Mysterious city entirely consisting ofamazing architectural masterpieces, especially proud of the bridges that have become graceful symbols of Venice and possessing originality. There are about 400 of them, and each of them keeps ancient history.
Sighs Bridge, located on Saint SquareThe brand passes through the stunningly beautiful Palace Channel - the most famous Venetian landmark in the whole world. Built at the beginning of the 17th century, the legendary historical monument connected the court, located in the building of the Doge’s Palace, and an old prison.
The most beautiful bridge of white limestone waserected by the Venetian Antonio Conti - a native of the famous dynasty of architects. Decorated with sculptural compositions and openwork carvings, Sighs The bridge has an unusual design: it is one of those few structures that have walls and a semicircular roof.
Explained such an external structure of histhe original purpose was the transfer of prisoners from the courthouse to the prison cells, and even the windows opening on both sides were covered with patterned marble bars. However, one convict still managed to make a daring escape from a gloomy casemate, in which he stayed for a year and a half, and he turned out to be the speculator Gacomo Casanova, known to the whole world for his love adventures.
The heavy bridge, designed in the Baroque style, does not look like a heavy structure, but very elegant and visually light. Powerful walls are decorated with exquisite pilasters depicting columns.
In the heart of the bridge architect placed the sculptureheavenly patron of ancient Venice, and next to it sits a stone winged lion, which is a symbol of the city on the water. By the way, not far from the bridge there is the St. Mark’s Cathedral, which is recommended for visiting all tourists, which holds the relics of the apostle.
It is with its location and so connectedthe beautiful name of the covered bridge, although the legend suggested by Lord Byron is too far from romantic stories. It was believed that the sighs emitted the unfortunate convicts, who were on their final journey from the court building, where the sentences were pronounced, to the terrible prison cell prisoners, in which many of them remained forever.
Throwing sad glances through small windows with bars on the canal of beautiful Venice, those sentenced to death or a long prisoner lamented their ruined fate.
True, to be perfectly accurate, the ancient mythdoes not reflect the whole truth: at the time when the Bridge of Sighs was being erected, there were no cruel executions and torture, petty swindlers were in prison, and the view of Venice from the stone windows was not so beautiful.
Therefore, there is one more legendinspired by the fantasies of Venetian guides and supported by lined up couples who want to forever find family happiness. The romantic story says that it is the sighs of all happy lovers, whose hearts, overwhelmed with frantic passion, beat in unison.
Fictional belief tells about the amazingthe phenomenon of historical buildings: if you drive on a gondola under the bridge, when the sun hides behind the horizon, and kiss hard, then the feelings of loving people will never die out. If we are really telling the truth, then such beautiful legends are made up about other bridges in Venice, for example, about the beautiful and elegant Rialto.
Now it is even strange to hear that once this is notthe most popular bridge in Venice wanted to demolish. It was believed that the baroque style does not fit into the nearby architectural landmarks. As the Italians themselves say, the Sighs Bridge has been preserved only because its amazing air beauty inspired many writers and poets to create literary works, but not only them.
Famous artists admiring the originaldesign, captured her in his works. After that, the locals looked at a completely different eyes on the legendary Bridge of Sighs. Italy, by the way, is not the only country in which the structure of such an unusual structure is located.
But the thing is that such indoor structures, but having other forms, will always be associated exclusively with the Venetian landmark, which is a similar bridge.
