Ponte del Modena

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Basic Information
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Canal Crossed
Handicapped Accessible?
Length (m)
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Latitude (°)
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Private
Crooked Bridge?

Overview of Bridge

The Ponte del Modena was built primarily using Mattoni, Intonaco e Pietra d'Istria. It crosses the Rio de S. Boldo bridging a gap which is 4.33 meters. The bridge is not a crooked bridge. On the northern side of the bridge is the sestiere of Santa Croce and on the southern side is San Polo .There are 2 ramps. On the north side there are 10 steps, on the south side there are 9 steps. This results in a total of 19 steps. The height of a typical step is 14 meters, the thickness of a step is about 37 centimeters, and the width of a step is about 1.97 meters.The steps are paved with Asfalto. The bridge is not handicapped accessible and it does not have an additional railing. The summit is 5.89 meters wide and 2.14 meters in length for a total area of about 12.60 meters. The summit is paved with Asfalto. Also, this bridge has 1 arch. The bridge's Vuoto Decorato railing is made of Metallo and is about 4.00 meters wide is about 0.98 meters tall. Finally, the bridge protrudes 0 meters to the North and 0 meters to the South.

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History

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

�San Boldo. The \Bridge of Modena 'in San Boldo, it is also said that\ the Church \after the nearby church of St. Ubaldo, or\ Boldo \, now destroyed, reminiscent of a family Modena. Scorgesi in the description of the S. Boldo pel 1713 that over the \Bridge of the Church\ lived \Mr. James Modena q. Holy stable Scola dei Mercanti \, and that in the vicinity It contained a\ magazzen cold cuts required to rent from sud.to Modena ', for whom he paid pigione \alli heirs of q. Zulian Paiton. \ Even March 12, 1750 \James Modena q. Santo, a native of Chiozia, but inhabitant Va since the early years of his life, at the age of 77 years old, lives in S. Boldo, shopkeeper in the square, \which was called to the office of the witness'\ Avogaria \to give information about a Riosa Paolina, who asked to be enabled, maritandosi with a patrician, able to procreate children of the Great Council. Finally, \James Modena 'is counted among the citizens living in the parish of St. Boldo dall'Anagrafi ordered by the Superintendents of Health pell'anno 1761.Il \Bridge of Modena 'communicated its name to the nearby Calle. At the \Bridge of Modena 'scorgesi the ancient palace of the family Secco, the lion crossed, weapon which is engraved above the prospectus. This palace was afterwards of Zorzi.

Location

The bridge is located at the following coordinates:

Latitude: 45.4394835° N

Longitude: 12.329075° E