Download Bridge Of Sighs Background. The name is an invention of romantic literature; Antonio contino designed and built the bridge of sighs in 1600.
Among many bridges adoring the beautiful so many centuries after it was built, bridge of sighs is still the part of the same prison complex that.
The bridge of sighs poem by thomas hood. Legend says that from this bridge one could hear the sighs of the condemned as they were being led to prison. Bridge of sighs, venice overview. A beautiful old bridge connecting the new prison to the interrogation rooms in doge palace.