Ponte de L'Agnella

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

Overview of Bridge

The Ponte de L'Agnella was built primarily using Mattoni, Intonaco e Pietra d'Istria. It crosses the Rio de S.Maria Mater Domini bridging a gap which is 6.74 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 also Santa Croce .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 13 meters, the thickness of a step is about 36 centimeters, and the width of a step is about 1.5 meters.The steps are paved with Asfalto. The bridge is not handicapped accessible and it does not have an additional railing. The summit is 1.81 meters wide and 2.24 meters in length for a total area of about 4.05 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 3.50 meters wide is about 0.90 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:

to S. M. Mater Domini. Here lived the family From Agnella, which perhaps was called colloquially also Lamb, since, in accordance with Gallicciolli (\Memoirs Venetian\), belonged to it that \Marinus Agnellus\ which was the pastor of St. Martin in 1152. A \Lunardo Dall'Agnella by s. Maria Mater Domini \, during the War of Chioggia, offered his person familiar with all its cargo, and the pay of 150 men from oar for a month. In reward of such offer in 1381 he was ballottato pel M. C., but remained among the excluded, of which, as is known, accoratosi, died a few days after leaving no descendants. Of Dall'Agnella thus saith the Code 29 Class VII of Marciana: \These were the Trevisana in Rivalta; were good conditione and Catholics, was a ser et Lunardo dall'Agnella merchant from Biave of contr� of Santa Maria Mater Domini, who offered to Lordship of Ven.a in time of war Chioza of 1381, and there he remained. He missed him med.o q.la family in 1393, and from this comes the name of the Lamb Bridge in Santa Maria Materdomini. \ The Count Florio Miari in his \Historical Dictionary of Literary Artistic Belluno,\ Leonardo dall'Agnella ago that this belonged to the family of Belluno.\nThe \Foundation of the Lamb\ was said at one time also \Foundation Ca 'Bonvicini\ from the palace place on the opposite, which belonged to a noble family.

Location

The bridge is located at the following coordinates:

Latitude: 45.4391378° N

Longitude: 12.3303216° E