Bridge of Sighs and around the world, as well as to other structures. See Bridge of Sighs (disambiguation). The 1861 opera "Le pont des soupirs" by Jacques Offenbach features the bridge, as does the song "Venice" by Gibraltarian band Melon Diesel. "Bridge of Sighs" is also both a 1974 album and song by English musician Robin Trower. 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
Scottish education in the eighteenth century in its contribution to the European Enlightenment. Many of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment were university professors, who developed their ideas in university lectures. In the sixteenth century the Reformation had led to a disestablishment of the monastic and choir schools and the ambition to create a system of parish schools. This was enshrined in legislation in 1696. By the late seventeenth century there was a largely complete network of parish schools in the Lowlands, but in the Highlands basic education was still lacking in many areas. Hospitals continued to be built by benefactors and some of these