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The head of the Donna Onesta

The Ponte de la Dona Onesta over the rio de la Frescada: the stone head is in the brick wall of the house at the bridge’s entrance, on the fondamenta side
The Ponte de la Dona Onesta over the rio de la Frescada: the stone head is in the brick wall of the house at the bridge’s entrance, on the fondamenta side Photo: Abxbay, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

In the brick wall of the house beside the bridge, someone centuries ago set a small white stone head of a woman: for Venetians it is she, the Donna Onesta, who gave her name to the bridge, the calle and the fondamenta.

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