Rialto
About Rialto
The Rialto is a central area of Venice, Italy, in the sestiere of San Polo. It is, and has been for many centuries, the financial and commercial heart of the city. Rialto is known for its prominent markets as well as for the monumental Rialto Bridge across the Grand Canal.
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The Rialto Bridge took almost 100 years to build and people joked no one would ever build it, so a carving on it shows two figures who swore it never would.
from No Such Thing As Siegfried Bassoon · read transcript
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Coordinates: 45.4385, 12.3348
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