Bridge of Sighs #1 Wood Print

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Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is 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) and was built in 1602.
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge name, given by Lord Byron 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.

Happily retired after a career spent in sales and marketing management, I took photography up as a serious hobby in 2010 prior to going on safari to Kenya in the February . I have had photographs published in the national and international press including the UK, France and Australia as well in the local press and on a regional companies calendar for the last three years. In January 2013 my photo of a 'Three Headed Giraffe' was a finalist in the Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year in the Wildlife section. In May 2014, my photo of a black-backed jackal was included in A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania (Princeton Field Guides). I live in Birmingham, England and enjoy photographing landscapes, cityscapes, wildlife and...