Ponte S.Fosca
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Overview of Bridge
The Ponte S.Fosca was built primarily using Mattoni e Pietra d'Istria. It crosses the Rio de S. Fosca bridging a gap which is 12.07 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 14 steps, on the south side there are 11 steps. This results in a total of 25 steps. The height of a typical step is 13 meters, the thickness of a step is about 52 centimeters, and the width of a step is about 4.26 meters.The steps are paved with Trachite e Pietra d'Istria. The bridge is not handicapped accessible and it does not have an additional railing. The summit is 4.26 meters wide and 4.32 meters in length for a total area of about 18.40 meters. The summit is paved with Trachite. Also, this bridge has 1 arch. The bridge's Vuoto Geometrico railing is made of Metallo e Pietra d'Istria and is about 3.00 meters wide is about 0.86 meters tall. Finally, the bridge protrudes 0.5 meters to the North and 0.5 meters to the South.
History
The following is any history we have regarding the bridge's origins:
. Willed that the Church of S. Fosca should rise to 873 by Crassus Fazio, bishop of Olivolo, but it is more likely that, as S�batra transported to Torcello in the tenth century the body of S. Fosca, Venice also extended to the cult of this saint, and that manufactured them is the aforementioned church. It was then restored in 1297, and three hundred eighty-two years later, in 1679, rebuilt. In 1733 decorossi again prospectus about Philip Dona, and consecrossi by Jerome Fonda, bishop Nonense. Finally in 1741, at the expense of the same Dona, if they redid the ceiling collapsed to the ground on June 24 of that year after the last Mass, alludes to what made the inscription: \To majorem glory of God. MDCCXLI. \ This church, which became a parish in 1810 as a subsidiary of the SS. Ermagora and Fortunato (\vulgar S.Marcuola,\ was in 1847 restorations and embellishments novelli.Ricordano reporters that the bell tower of the church of Santa Fosca fell on the day of San Lorenzo of 1410 on account of a fierce wind, which caused damage in Venice for sixty thousand ducats.
Location
The bridge is located at the following coordinates:
Latitude: 45.4433136° N
Longitude: 12.3321316° E