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Ponte dell'Osmarin

The Ponte de l’Osmarin over the rio de San Provolo, with Palazzo Priuli on the opposite bank
The Ponte de l’Osmarin over the rio de San Provolo, with Palazzo Priuli on the opposite bank Photo: Abxbay, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Two canals away from St Mark’s, on the rio (a Venetian canal) de San Provolo — which Venetians call the rio de l’Osmarin — this little stone-and-brick bridge is a favourite stop for gondolas. From its crest, you can see one of the city’s finest late-Gothic homes, Palazzo Priuli, with a corner mullioned window that seems to defy gravity.

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