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The Bridge of Sighs or '''''Ponte dei Sospiri''''' is one of many Bridge s in Venice . It passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the old Prison s to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace . The bridge was built in the 16th Century and only given the name ''Bridge of Sighs'' in the 19th Century , by Lord Byron . s saw before their Imprisonment .]] The bridge is of white Limestone . Windows with stone bars are on the summit of this enclosed bridge. The name comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice out the window before being taken down to their cells. The name, "Bridge of Sighs" was later applied to the bridge connecting the Allegheny County Courthouse proper to the jail building. Both were designed by American arctitect H.H. Richardson in 1884 . (The Bridge of Sighs is also a reference to A Bridge In Oxford .) EXTERNAL LINK |
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