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Ponte delle Bande

The Ponte de le Bande over the Rio del Mondo Novo, behind Santa Maria Formosa
The Ponte de le Bande over the Rio del Mondo Novo, behind Santa Maria Formosa Photo: Unofeld781, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

On the Rio del Mondo Novo (a rio is a small Venetian canal), a stone’s throw from the façade of Santa Maria Formosa, this stone and brick bridge preserves in its name the echo of a Venetian invention: the «bande», that is, the parapets.

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