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
London Bridge (New South Wales) London Bridge (New South Wales) London Bridge is a limestone karst in the Australian state of New South Wales near Canberra which consists of a limestone arch hollowed out by Burra Creek, a tributary of the Queanbeyan River of the Molonglo River. It is now isolated as a meander cutoff. It was first discovered by the European explorers Captain Mark Currie, Brigadier Major John Ovens, Joseph Wild and accompanied by two nameless aboriginal guides in 1822. It was in danger of being flooded by the construction of the London Bridge Dam but owing to its limited catchment, the Australian Government