Bridge of Sighs Bridge of Sighs The Bridge of Sighs (Italian and ) is a bridge located in Venice, northern Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison ("Prigioni Nuove") to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino (whose uncle Antonio da Ponte had designed the Rialto Bridge) and was built in 1600. The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's name, given by Lord Byron as
Bridge of Sighs (novel) woman, Sarah. He is the proprietor of three convenience stores. Bridge of Sighs (novel) Bridge of Sighs is a 2007 novel written by Richard Russo. "Bridge of Sighs " is Russo's first novel since his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" (2002). "For the Bridge of Sighs as in the actual bridge, click on the hyperlink." The novel is set in small, fictional town in upstate New York called Thomaston. Like Empire Falls, the town is quickly deteriorating. The story is about Louis Charles ("Lucy") Lynch, his family, his wife, and his best friend. Sixty-year-old Lou Lynch has cheerfully spent his