Ponte S. Antonio

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 S. Antonio was built primarily using Mattoni e Pietra d'Istria. It crosses the Rio de la Madalena bridging a gap which is 6.6 meters. The bridge is not a crooked bridge. On the northern side of the bridge is the sestiere of Cannaregio and on the southern side is also Cannaregio .There are 2 ramps. On the north side there are 10 steps, on the south side there are 10 steps. This results in a total of 20 steps. The height of a typical step is 13 meters, the thickness of a step is about 48 centimeters, and the width of a step is about 4.22 meters.The steps are paved with Pietra d'Istria e Asfalto. The bridge is not handicapped accessible and it does not have an additional railing. The summit is 4.24 meters wide and 4.5 meters in length for a total area of about 19.08 meters. The summit is paved with Asfalto. Also, this bridge has 1 arch. The bridge's Piena railing is made of Mattoni, Intonaco e Pietra d'Istria and is about 30.00 meters wide is about 0.84 meters tall. Finally, the bridge protrudes 1 meter to the North and 1.85 meters to the South.

History

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

�to Mary Magdalene. Before the last rifabbrica of this bridge, which took place in iron in 1860, there was the same at a \capital,\ or altar, sacred to St. Anthony of Padua. The BOSCHINI (\The rich Minere of Venetian Painting\ recalls here that could admire an altarpiece by Filippo Bianchi. \Above the Bridge of S. Fosca,\ he says, \that sent direct to Mary Magdalene, there is a shrine to Mary in air and Child, et down the saints Francis, Anthony of Padua, and Domenico, the work of Filippo Bianchi better. \currently being rebuilt in the old capital surrogossi with another of smaller size, but it sacred to the miracle worker of Padua , and provided the other picture. Bianchi is said that the blade is preserved in a private house. surriferita Other roads lead the denomination, any of which should, instead of St. Anthony of Padua, St. Anthony the Abbot, as \the Branch Calle San Antonio \to St. Luke, which with the next Calle, now called\ Bembo, \he called it from an old painting, still visible in the Calle same, and representative S. Antonio Abate or, as suolsi say, S . Antonio del Fuego.

Location

The bridge is located at the following coordinates:

Latitude: 45.4432788° N

Longitude: 12.3316034° E