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Ponte dei Squartai

The Ponte dei Squartai on the rio del Magazèn, between the sestieri of Dorsoduro and Santa Croce
The Ponte dei Squartai on the rio del Magazèn, between the sestieri of Dorsoduro and Santa Croce Photo: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

At the Tolentini, where the rio del Magazèn meets the Gaffaro and the sestiere of Dorsoduro gives way to that of Santa Croce, a red-brick bridge bears one of the most macabre names in Venetian toponymy: Ponte dei Squartai.

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