“Ponte dei Sospiri”
“The Bridge of Sighs”
Venice Italy
Maybe the worlds most “dangerous” bridge ever..!
The bridge itself is safe enough – the bridge is escape secured and made of white limestone and has windows with stone bars – it passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the “new” prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge’s Palace
it was designed by Antoni Contino
(whose uncle Antonio da Ponte had designed the Rialto Bridge in Venice)
the bridge was built in 1602.
So far so good.
But a local legend says that lovers will be granted eternal love and bliss
if they kisses while they are on a gondola at sunset under the Bridge Of Sighs.
So take care who you kiss under this bridge
or who you let kiss you.
Kiss only if you are absolutely sure, that you are kissing the only one.
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Travel Theme Bridge
with inspiration from Ailsa’s excellent blog
take a look the challenge here “Where’s my backpack”
this’s my version of the theme “Bridge”.
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Quite a warning, Drake! Will keep in mind 😀
#.esenga
I couldn’t help it – this theme called for it… 😉
thanks for the warning Drake haha!! you totally scared me there lol
#.kz
It’s right, take care out there… 🙂 😉
Amazing photo and amazing place….
Thank you for the warning!
#.anna
Thanks, agree with you Venice is a beautiful place… 🙂
Oh, so romantic, I love it! A kiss that lasts forever, and the bliss with it. 😉
#.resa
Yeah be careful – kissing princes or frogs under The Brigde of Signs could be ‘dangerous’… 🙂 😉
Lol! 😉
I’ll take my chances! 😉
What about kissing drakes? What do they turn into? 😉
Drakes are like frogs, they turns into princes if the woman do the kissing well… ‘lol’
Lol!!! Well, drakes are cuter than frogs anyway! 😉
I believe that… ‘lol’
– and drakes are better doing the kissing that frogs… ‘lol’
Lol!! That I believe as well! 😉
🙂 😉
very romantic indded1 There’re not enough bridges in the world, mark my words… 🙂
Have a great weekend
Dina
oh dear oh dear … so sorry about the wrongies, 🙂 not only WP ist up to funny things, my fingers are not quite used to the new notebook … 🙂
My fingers sometimes do the same funny things, even without a new notebook… 😉
#.dina
Agree maybe one of the most romantic places of the world… 😉
Have a great weekend too..! 🙂
Welcome to WWWW, advice taken 🙂
#.words we women write
Thanks – and take care in Venice… “lol” 😉
Personal reflection:
If a MAGIC passage under a bridge is needed for convincing us, that we are kissing the love of our lives, well, then we may not be with the right person after all.
Looking very deep icon. 😀
#.erasmine
Good old Albert Einstein claimed that men who could kiss a beautiful woman while he was driving didn’t put enough in the kiss – we could rewrite it to “the man who needed to sail under a bridge in order to convince a beautiful woman that he was the only one, don’t put enough in the kiss”… “lol” 🙂 😉
That’s true Drake.
Rigtig glad for at du er emig min norske ven… 🙂 😉
I love this post Drake. I never knew what the Bridge of Sighs was attached to. I never would have guessed a prison. And that is the setting for permanent romance. The thought of chains comes to mind. I will most certainly head your warning.
#.emily
The comparison between prison and love, as it happens under The Bridge of Sighs is not quite fair for love – some chains are better than others… “lol” 😉
The sparse view from the bridge was the last glimpse of Venice, as the convicted had before they were taken to prison damp basements – the name of the bridge, “The Bridge of Sighs”, was invented by the english poet Lord Byron once at the beginning of the 19th century, when he imagined how the prisoners would sigh loudly over their last glimpse of the beautiful Venice through the bridge windows before they were taken down to their cells… 🙂
¡Precioso puente!, este es otro viaje que tengo pendiente ¿me dará tiempo hacerlos todos?
#.manoli rizo
Venice is amazing and fascinating – definitely at least one visit worth – and then when we have been there so we would like to visit the city again… 🙂 😉
I know the bridge very well, been there several times, great story. 🙂
#.jan masyn
Thanks, been there several times too
– lovely city, Venice is full of atmosphere… 🙂
I love Venice and your photograph 🙂
#.marianne
Thanks and agree with you – Venice is wonderful… 🙂
Love the story about the kiss…I guess I’ll have to sail through it only in my dreams.
#.my tropical home
Yes it’s a great story about that bridge
– even in dreams in could be a great experience… 🙂
hahaha..thanks, that’s a good one!
😉
Preciosa foto, hermoso lugar y besos apropiados…
#.barbaragarcia
Thanks a lot, really appreciate your words… 🙂
Wonderful!
#.the retiring sort
Really a wonderful and romantic place… 🙂
Cool shot Ledrake! Mine are old and faded, thanks for bringing back happy memories 🙂
#.madhu
Thanks – old photos sometimes fades but memories reappears easier… 🙂
I will try to rememer, next time… 😉
#.bente
‘hahaha’ – I bet you wouldn’t… 🙂 🙂 😉