The Scalzi Bridge (Ponte degli Scalzi) is one of the bridges of the historical center of Venice.
The Scalzi Bridge will be the first of many Venetian bridges that you will see when you arrive in the historical center of Venice by train.
Translated from Italian, the name of the bridge literally means "Bridge of barefoot (monks)".
The Scalzi Bridge spans the famous Grand Canal (Canal Grande) and is one of four bridges across the canal. While the most famous bridge over the Grand Canal is the Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto).
Ponte Scalzi connects the districts of Santa Croce and Cannaregio.
It got its name "Barefoot Bridge" because next to it is the church of Scalzi (barefoot or barefoot monks), also known as Santa Maria di Nazareth (Chiesa di Santa Maria di Nazareth).
The bridge is also called a station or railway bridge, because of the proximity of the Venetian Santa Lucia railway station (Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia).
The bridge was built in 1934 by Eugenio Miozzi, thereby replacing the cast-iron bridge built in 1858 by the English engineer Alfred Neville during the Habsburg rule to improve access to the newly built railway station.
This single-arch bridge made of hewn stone was installed using a special metal rib and the method of so-called "systematic lesions". The parapet, hollow inside and open, contains pipes.
The Scalzi Bridge offers beautiful views of the Grand Canal, as well as the canal embankments and nearby buildings. Among them, the Church of San Simeon Piccolo (Chiesa di San Simeon Piccolo) with a high green dome is visible.
Coordinates of the Scalzi Bridge: 45°26'27.8"N 12°19'21.9"E (45.441047, 12.322756).
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