Ponte del Paruchetta
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Overview of Bridge
The Ponte del Paruchetta was built primarily using Mattoni, Intonaco e Pietra d'Istria. It crosses the Rio de S. Giacomo dell'Orio bridging a gap which is 5.68 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 9 steps, on the south side there are 9 steps. This results in a total of 18 steps. The height of a typical step is 13 meters, the thickness of a step is about 46 centimeters, and the width of a step is about 2.13 meters.The steps are paved with Asfalto. The bridge is not handicapped accessible and it does not have an additional railing. The summit is 2.13 meters wide and 2.4 meters in length for a total area of about 5.11 meters. The summit is paved with Trachite. 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 0.97 meters tall. Finally, the bridge protrudes 0.6 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. James dall'Orio. From ridiculous that began to spread the populace over the strange wig waves pot covers the head of a seller and harvests, which had here at the shop. This vienci told by Dezan in his illustrations to '\Iconography\ of Paganuzzi.Sull' corner of a house style archiacuto, but afterwards modernized, the mouth of the \Rio will hold the Parrucchetta,\ scorgesi affixed to the wall of a bas-relief of the century XV, representing the Justice and Peace, flanking a shield coats of arms of noble families seize Soranzo and Pisani joint together. This bas-relief, which is found designed by Grevembroch, but also is engraved in the \History of Sculpture\ of co. Cicognara, who says that \pel touch of the chisel, the grace and simplicity of implementation, there seems to belong to an artist of the moment.\ As for the house over which there exists, in the sixteenth century it was no longer Soranzo and Pisani, but Contarini, and at the time of Cicognara, ie at the beginning of the present century, belonged to a Jerome Morolin.
Location
The bridge is located at the following coordinates:
Latitude: 45.4392682° N
Longitude: 12.3281253° E