Ponte dell'Accademia
45°25′54″N12°19′44″E/ 45.431644°N 12.328972°E
ThePonte dell'Accademiais one of only four bridges to span theGrand CanalinVenice,Italy.It crosses near the southern end of the canal, and is named for theAccademia di Belle Arti di Venezia,which from 1807 to 2004 was housed in theScuola della Caritàtogether with theGallerie dell'Accademia,which is still there. The bridge links thesestieriofDorsoduroandSan Marco.[1]
A bridge on the site was first suggested as early as 1488. TheprovveditoreLuca Trum proposed in the council to build two bridges across the Grand Canal, one here and the other at Santa Sofia. The members of the council, however, laughed at him, and the motion was not even put to the vote. The originalsteelstructure, designed byAlfred Neville,opened on 20 November 1854,[2]but was demolished and replaced by a wooden bridge designed byEugenio Miozziand opened in 1933,[3]despite widespread hopes for a stone bridge.[citation needed]
Lovers have attempted to attachpadlocks( "love locks") to the metal hand rails of the bridge, but Venetian authorities have successfully cracked down on this.[4]
References[edit]
- ^"Ponte dell'Accademia".Venice Sights.Lonely Planet.RetrievedAugust 25,2011.
- ^Venice on Foot: With the Itinerary of the Grand Canal,by Hugh Douglas, 1907, page 60.
- ^"Ponte dell'Accademia".en.Broer.no.Broer. Archived fromthe originalon May 22, 2011.RetrievedAugust 25,2011.
- ^Squires, Nick (24 August 2011)."Venice cracks down on 'love locks'".The Daily Telegraph.UK.RetrievedAugust 25,2011.
External links[edit]
- Panoramic virtual tour of Ponte dell Accademia & Accademia gallery
- High-resolution 360° Panoramas ofAccademia Bridge | Art Atlas
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