Rialto+Bridge

= RIALTO BRIDGE =

The first construction that crosssed the Grand Canal was a pontoon bridge or floating bridge,built in 1181 by Nicolo Barattieri.Se called Ponete della Moneta presumably because the mint that coined the venetian currency rose in its eastern entrance. Until the thirteenth century Venice was built on a groups of islands separated by canals. To go in the other parts of the channels were placed wooden slab connecting the banks of the canals. After they had built many bridges in Venice but no one connected the banks of the Canal Grande. This was a big problem for the government so that the population is always kidding on that promise. To resolve this problem the government of the Serenissima decided to call the best architects of that period: Andrea Palladio and Vincenzo Scamozzi. But the winning project was another phenomenon famous architect Antonio da Ponte who thought a bridge with a single arch, 48 meters long and 22 meters wide, which immediately distinguished itself with respect to the majestic Palladian project. The Rialto bridge has two lines of shops, including the three stairs cut up in the middle where all the tourists do not go because they always make you stop to take pictures. The foundation was started in 1588, and took some years to finally join the opposite side of the canal and replace the previous wooden bridges that collapsed many times before. To get a previous image of this bridge look at the famous painting by Carpaccio "I took a ossesso Guarigione."

La primera construcción que cruzó el Gran Canal fue un pontón o puente flotante, construido en [|1181] por [|Nicolò Barattieri]. Se llamó **Ponte della Moneta**, presumiblemente por la [|ceca] que acuñaba la moneda veneciana y se alzaba en su entrada oriental.