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Venice is a collection of 118 islands joined by 400 bridges give or take. The roads are canals and everything goes by boat: buses, trucks, ambulances taxis, police etc etc.
Marsh People originally lived there but following the demise of the Roman Empire half the countries in Europe went on the war path so many people from around Rome made their way to what is now called Venice.
The Horses of Saint Mark (Cavalli di San Marco), also known as the Triumphal Quadriga, is a set of Roman Bronze Statues of four Horses, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga (a four-horse carriage used for chariot racing). The horses were placed on the facade, above the porch, of St. Mark's Basilica after the sack of Constantinople in 1204. They remained there until looted by Napolean in 1797 but were returned in 1815. The sculptures have been removed from the facade and placed in the interior of St Mark's for conservation purposes, with replicas in their position on the loggia.
The Bridge of Sighs, built in 1600
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's name, given by Lord Byron as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri" in the 19th century, comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells. In reality, the days of inquisitions and summary executions were over by the time the bridge was built and the cells under the palace roof were occupied mostly by small-time criminals. In addition, little could be seen from inside the bridge due to the stone grills covering the windows.
The Rialto Bridge (Ponte de Rialto) built 1591 is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice. It is the oldest bridge across the canal, and was the dividing line for the districts of San Marco and San Polo
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