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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/07/2026 20:30:00

The last remaining bridge in Venice without protective railings or parapets, this small stone footbridge in the Cannaregio sestiere preserves the original form of all Venetian bridges before the Austrian administration mandated safety railings in the nineteenth century. The bridge's unprotected edges, dropping directly into the canal water below without any barrier, demonstrate the casual relationship with water that characterised daily Venetian life for centuries when every bridge in the city l...