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Ponte Storto

The Ponte Storto on the rio de San Aponal, in San Polo
The Ponte Storto on the rio de San Aponal, in San Polo Photo: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

A bridge that is not straight because in Venice nothing is straight: the Ponte Storto (’Crooked Bridge’) crosses the rio de San Aponal (a small canal) diagonally, joining two calli (streets) that face each other without lining up. But its real entanglement is amorous.

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