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Titian Inn Group
Hotel Venice Airport
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HISTORICAL CENTER: RIALTO BRIDGE
The most beatiful and famous bridge in the World
The Rialto Bridge is one of four bridges that cross the Grand Canal, maybe not the biggest but certainly the most famous and oldest in Venice. The story tells that in 1181 was built by Nicholas Baratieri a bridge known as "Quartarolo" (name derived from the little money that was spent to cross), which in the thirteenth century was replaced by a bridge supported by poles but it crashed soon. In 1400 the bridge was "devastated and rotten" and demanded a total revamping and the final collapse came in 1444 for the large crowds flocked to witness the passage of the Marquis of Ferrara. Rebuilt in wood and broadest form, with shops whose rents were used to cover part of the expenses necessary to continue the work of maintenance, the beginning of 500 the Rialto Bridge was so wasted after unnecessary structural interventions carried out by the architect G. Spavento in 1524 was approved in the Senate to build it in stone. The most famous architects of the time have presented his projects by Michelangelo to Palladio, from Sansovino to Scamozzi.
The manufacturer and in part the creator, however, was the Da Ponte, after years of difficult conditions of instability linked also the height of the seabed, the Rialto bridge was completed between 1588 and 1591 under the slatted Pasquale Cicogna , whose epitaph memorial is located at the four sides of the bridge. Robust construction firmly planted on stilts composed of a single large arch, the Rialto Bridge has two flights of stairs with shops on both sides, covered by a portico.
Remained until the 1854 's the only bridge crossed Venice's Grand Canal, Rialto Bridge is one of the places in the city most frequented by tourists and Venetians.
See you the video tour of Rialto Bridge
For further information, tourist guides and special offers, the staff of the Hotel is at your disposal at the following phone number +39.041.5416846 or by e-mail venice@titianinn.com
