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Our gondola ride! Here the Ponte de Sospiri (Bridge of Sighs). Supposedly named after the sighs of prisoners that could be heard in the prison directly to the right as they were led to their executions during the inquisition. Apparently though it was given this name long after the inquisitions.

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Our gondola ride! Here the Ponte de Sospiri (Bridge of Sighs). Supposedly named after the sighs of prisoners that could be heard in the prison directly to the right as they were led to their executions during the inquisition. Apparently though it was given this name long after the inquisitions.

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