Ponte del'Avogaria

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

Overview of Bridge

The Ponte del'Avogaria was built primarily using Mattoni, Intonaco e Pietra d'Istria. It crosses the Rio de l'Avogaria bridging a gap which is 11.7 meters. The bridge is not a crooked bridge. On the northern side of the bridge is the sestiere of Dorsoduro and on the southern side is also Dorsoduro .There are 2 ramps. On the north side there are 11 steps, on the south side there are 10 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 50 centimeters, and the width of a step is about 2.1 meters.The steps are paved with Trachite. The bridge is not handicapped accessible and it does not have an additional railing. The summit is 2.5 meters wide and 5.1 meters in length for a total area of about 12.75 meters. The summit is paved with Trachite. Also, this bridge has 1 arch. The bridge's Piena railing is made of Mattoni, Intonaco e Pietra d'Istria and is about 26.00 meters wide is about 0.77 meters tall. Finally, the bridge protrudes 0.55 meters to the North and 0.6 meters to the South.

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History

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

to S. Barnabas. From cittadinesca family Zamberti, nicknamed \dall'Avogaria,\ because the individuals of the same supported the main corporate office of Avogaria of Comm. \ The chronicle attributed to Alessandro cittadinesca Ziliolo place, the already possessed by the Stork, and now deposited in the Civic Museum, has these words, treating the Zamberti: \Their houses statio spatiose comfortable and are seen in Calle Lunga in S. Barnabas, hereinafter referred to as the Bridge surnamed dell'Avogaria from neighboring habitations of these Zamberti. \ These houses, after the extinction of Zamberti, which took place in the beginning of the seventeenth century, they passed by inheritance to the family Superchi.

Location

The bridge is located at the following coordinates:

Latitude: 45.4323541° N

Longitude: 12.3218826° E