Ponte della Paglia

Basic Information
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Canal Crossed
Handicapped Accessible?
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Private
Crooked Bridge?

Overview of Bridge

The Ponte della Paglia was built primarily using Mattoni e Pietra d'Istria. It crosses the Rio de la Canonica o de Palazzo bridging a gap which is 12.71 meters. The bridge is not a crooked bridge. On the northern side of the bridge is the sestiere of Castello and on the southern side is San Marco .There are 2 ramps. On the north side there are 10 steps, on the south side there are 11 steps. This results in a total of 21 steps. The height of a typical step is 11 meters, the thickness of a step is about 141 centimeters, and the width of a step is about 6.52 meters.The steps are paved with Trachite. The bridge is not handicapped accessible and it does not have an additional railing. The summit is 6.52 meters wide and 3.77 meters in length for a total area of about 24.58 meters. The summit is paved with Trachite. Also, this bridge has 1 arch. The bridge's Colonnette railing is made of Pietra d'Istria and is about 21.00 meters wide is about 1.13 meters tall. Finally, the bridge protrudes 1.2 meters to the North and 1.27 meters to the South.

History

The following is any history we have regarding the bridge's origins:

�on the Riva degli Schiavoni. He acquired the name not from the chaff, you would use for 'mussete' a former mount of the nobles, which, during the sessions of M. C., were here to rest, but the boats laden with straw here doing their stations. There is a law of 1285, which reads: \Palea not vendatur to Pontem Paleae,\ and another of 1308 refusing to sellers of straw returning to sell their wares on this site. In addition, the Sabellico, speaking of this bridge, he says, \here venal palea, quae nunc to Georgii Phanum venditur, nomen habet.\ Finally, the record of Savina, speaking of the Doge Giovanni Delfino, who was elected in 1356, says: \At this time it was done to el ponte de piera S. Mark that first radially de wood, and if called el bridge pagia because in that place if reduced boats de pagia. \ This happened precisely, according to the book \News\, in 1360, and another reporter, quoted by Gallicciolli, it warns us that the bridge was built up from its origin \in columns\ as scorgesi today. On a renovations of the \Ponte della Paglia,\ and Riva below, beckoning the annals of Malipiero with the words: \A 20 de Marzo\ (1462 'Principia fo the work of the bridge de la Paglia, and if continuete to the ovens , and if he remained Comenzo because if the war against the Turks. \In ancient times at the\ Ponte della Paglia \a few neighborhood pubs, one in the name of\ Serpent \, the other in the name of\ Crown \, and third in the name of \Stella\. Sanuto A \hospes to Serpem\ was the last of April 1372 prison, fined, and private financial year because of coll'intendimento appropriarsele, had hidden the stuff of a certain Antonio, died at his tavern. came here in 1483 hosted a delegation of Turkish. Notisi that avendosi prescribed deviations from these taverns of harlots who stanziavano, the Foscari and other noble landowners complained it highly for the diversion of the patrons, whereupon the ancient custom was recovered. At the \Ponte della Paglia� solevansi expose the bodies of the drowned, because it could happen recognition. It was enlarged in 1854 at the expense civiche.Secondo to legend, was a refugee under the same, in their own boat , an old and poor fisherman, and February 15, 1340 a terrible storm was raging. Suddenly he saw a man who ordered him to tragittarlo the nearby island of San Giorgio Maggiore, where associossi to another, wanting to be conducted in San Nicolo del Lido . Greeted here a third, all three of the terrified fisherman forced to come out of the harbor, and when they were on the high seas, to the waves appeared in the middle of a ship filled with evil spirits. At the sight of the brave passengers discoprirono for S . Mark, St. George, and St. Nicholas, and ordered him to desist from unleashing the demons yes fair gale that threatened to engulf the whole of Venice. they not making fun of that command, they were struck by a thunderbolt, and in a moment with the vessel vanished . Abbonacciatosi the sea, they returned with the saints barcajuolo, which gave him a leave of St. Mark in the ring because the next morning delivered it to the Doge in full Council. universal Imagine the surprise to discover that the ring was usually keep locked up in the Treasury of San Marco, which an invisible hand had risen from his seat. This fairy tale, told by all the reporters, inspired the genius of Paris Bordone, which divisolla in a famous framework for the Scuola di San Marco, nowadays preserved in our Academy of Fine Arts also to SS. Ermagora and Fortunato are a Calle and a Branch, which derive their name from the straw, there you will have deposited, or sold.

Location

The bridge is located at the following coordinates:

Latitude: 45.4336542° N

Longitude: 12.3410023° E