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"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"
"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 entire life in Thomaston, New York, married to the same"
"The Bridge of Sighs (poem) ""The Bridge of Sighs"" is a famous poem of 1844 by Thomas Hood concerning the suicide of a homeless young woman who threw herself from Waterloo Bridge in London. Although Thomas Hood (1799–1845) is usually regarded as a humorous poet, towards the end of his life, when he was on his sick bed, he wrote a number of poems commenting on contemporary poverty. These included ""The Song of the Shirt"", ""The Bridge of Sighs"" and ""The Song of the Labourer"". ""The Bridge of Sighs"" is particularly well-known because of its novel meter, complex three syllable"
"Le pont des soupirs Le pont des soupirs (""The Bridge of Sighs"") is an opéra bouffe (or operetta) set in Venice, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1861. The French libretto was written by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. Plays, including melodramas, set in Venice were quite common in Paris in the early 19th century; the libretto, by the successful team from ""Orphée aux enfers"", also nods towards the operas ""La reine de Chypre"" (1841) and ""Haydée"" (1847). Gänzl describes the piece as being in Offenbach's ""best bouffe manner"", noting a ""long list of sparkling and funny musical"
"the southern side of the bridge houses the College's administrative offices, whereas the northern building is mostly student accommodation. The bridge is always open to members of the College, who can often be seen crossing it. The bridge is Grade II listed. Bridge of Sighs (Oxford) Hertford Bridge, often called ""the Bridge of Sighs"", is a skyway joining two parts of Hertford College over New College Lane in Oxford, England. Its distinctive design makes it a city landmark. The bridge is often referred to as the Bridge of Sighs because of its supposed similarity to the famous Bridge of Sighs"
"Bridge of Sighs, Chester The Bridge of Sighs in Chester is a crossing that originally led from the Northgate gaol, across the Chester Canal, to a chapel in the Bluecoat School. It was built to allow condemned prisoners to receive the last rites before their execution. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The bridge was built probably in 1793. It originally had iron railings to prevent the prisoners from escaping. The railings were removed during World War Two. The architect was Joseph Turner. After the Northgate Prison closed, Chester"
"Bridge of Sighs in Venice. The extension contains much of the Museum and Art Gallery and, on its ground floor, the Gas Hall, now an exhibition space. Many memorials are housed within the Council House. Most are not available for viewing by the public except upon request. Memorials within the Council House are: The foyer featured in the Cliff Richard film ""Take Me High"", made to appear as a hotel lobby. The glass corridor, banqueting suite and other parts also double as a hotel in Stephen Poliakoff's ""Dancing on the Edge"". Council House, Birmingham Birmingham City Council House in Birmingham,"
"tiny court, formed within the walls of the old Kitchen Lane, is used as an outdoor dining area. Though it bears little resemblance to its namesake in Venice, the bridge connecting Third Court to New Court, originally known as New Bridge, is now commonly known as the Bridge of Sighs. It is one of the most photographed buildings in Cambridge, and was described by the visiting Queen Victoria as ""so pretty and picturesque"". It is a single-span bridge of stone with highly decorative Neo-Gothic covered footwalk over with traceried openings. There is a three-bay arcade at the east end of"
"on the bridge. In 1844 Thomas Hood wrote the poem ""The Bridge of Sighs"", which concerns the suicide of a prostitute there. Paintings of the bridge were created by the French Impressionist Claude Monet and the English Romantic John Constable. The bridge was nationalised in 1878 and placed under the control of the Metropolitan Board of Works, which removed the toll from it. Michael Faraday tried in 1832 to measure the potential difference between each side of the bridge caused by the ebbing salt water flowing through the Earth's magnetic field. See magnetohydrodynamics. From 1884 serious problems were found in"
"City Corporation tried to have the bridge removed in 1821. Bridge of Sighs, Chester The Bridge of Sighs in Chester is a crossing that originally led from the Northgate gaol, across the Chester Canal, to a chapel in the Bluecoat School. It was built to allow condemned prisoners to receive the last rites before their execution. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The bridge was built probably in 1793. It originally had iron railings to prevent the prisoners from escaping. The railings were removed during World War Two. The"
"through through the verbs'curse'cry and sigh. Ralph Vaughan Williams set the poem to music in his 1958 song cycle ""Ten Blake Songs"". The poem was set to music in 1965 by Benjamin Britten as part of his song cycle ""Songs and Proverbs of William Blake"". London (William Blake poem) London is a poem by William Blake, published in ""Songs of Experience"" in 1794. It is one of the few poems in ""Songs of Experience"" that does not have a corresponding poem in ""Songs of Innocence"". Blake lived in the capital city of London, which was the location for this poem."
"""The Guardian"" in a piece dated 23 January 2007, which expressed incredulity at the ignorance of London officials, echoed by Newcastle-Gateshead tourism heads. Gateshead is twinned with the town of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in France, and the city of Komatsu in Japan. Gateshead Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead and Newcastle are joined by seven bridges across the Tyne, including the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. The town is known for its architecture, including the Sage Gateshead, the Angel of the North and the Baltic Centre"
"June 1968. New College Lane New College Lane is a historic street in central Oxford, England, named after New College, one of the older Oxford colleges, adjacent to the north. In 2010, New College Lane was named Britain's fourth most picturesque street, as part of Google's Street View Awards. At the northwestern end of New College Lane is a junction with Catte Street, with the Sheldonian Theatre opposite. The main feature is the Bridge of Sighs, a covered bridge connecting two parts of Hertford College, which was completed in 1914 and attracts many tourists for the view. Also to the"
"rings, according to archivist Guy Rocha. In the 1961 film ""The Misfits"", Marilyn Monroe considers tossing her wedding ring from the Virginia Street Bridge, but decides against it. Virginia Street Bridge The Virginia Street Bridge was a historic concrete double arch bridge in downtown Reno, Nevada, USA, carrying Virginia Street across the Truckee River. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The bridge is sometimes referred to as the ""Wedding Ring Bridge"" or the ""Bridge of Sighs"". In both 2002 and 2006, the bridge was listed as one of the ""Eleven Most Endangered Historic Places"
"the time of the Danish invasions of eastern England, when Botolph's body was exhumed and carried to safety (at an unknown location) by monks of Ikenhoe. The legend reports that the body was brought to West Hythe and there guided by a mysterious light from above to the only safe crossing of a deep drainage dyke, at the place now known as Botolph's Bridge. The legend is represented artistically on the pub sign of the Botolph's Bridge Inn. West Hythe West Hythe is a hamlet near Palmarsh in Kent, England, and a few miles west of the cinque port town"
"cities is very unusual. The team of envoys in Osnabrück changes every year and Osnabrück also sends envoys to Derby, Angers and Çanakkale. No other city in Germany participates in this exchange of envoys, and in Britain, only one other city, Wigan, receives and sends an envoy. The twinning gives the inhabitants of both places the opportunity to interact with their international neighbours. Town twinning aims to enhance international understanding and break down social barriers. <br> Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic ) is a city in the federal state of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It is situated in a"
"built over an artificial waterway as symbolic of a passage to an important place or state of mind. A set of five bridges cross a sinuous waterway in an important courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The central bridge was reserved exclusively for the use of the Emperor, Empress, and their attendants. Bridge maintenance consisting of a combination of structural health monitoring and testing. This is regulated in country-specific engineer standards and includes e.g. an ongoing monitoring every three to six months, a simple test or inspection every two to three years and a major inspection every six"
"and Malatromba enter on their individual floats and in the joust the latter loses (due to Amoroso arranging for Malatromba's boat to be scuttled). In the second version (1868) the two doges have to collect a cup from a mast, Malatromba winning and becoming doge. As consolation Cornarini is sent as Venetian ambassador to Spain, with Amoroso as his secretary (to the pleasure of Catarina), and the opera ends with a boléro. Notes Sources Le pont des soupirs Le pont des soupirs (""The Bridge of Sighs"") is an opéra bouffe (or operetta) set in Venice, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed"
"roof, re-entering the palace, and exiting through the Porta della Carta. A corridor leads over the Bridge of Sighs, built in 1614 to link the Doge’s Palace to the structure intended to house the New Prisons. Enclosed and covered on all sides, the bridge contains two separate corridors that run next to each other. That which visitors use today linked the Prisons to the chambers of the Magistrato alle Leggi and the Quarantia Criminal; the other linked the prisons to the State Advocacy rooms and the Parlatorio. Both corridors are linked to the service staircase that leads from the ground"
"Ponte della Paglia Ponte della Paglia is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The current structure dates from 1847, and the original structure was built in 1360. The original structure was the oldest stone bridge in Venice. The name of the bridge is understood to come from boats mooring nearby to offload straw (paglia). The bridge is a common place from which to view the Bridge of Sighs. The bridge is the subject of a painting by Maurice Prendergast, the original artwork being part of the Phillips Collection. Casanova references the bridge in his memoirs as a place where he meets"
"diary, but according to other sources missed the point: ""I also saw on the bridge the place where people's heads are cut off, where two statues have been erected to commemorate a son cutting off his father's head"". Execution Bridge (Ghent) The Execution Bridge (or Decapitation Bridge: in Flemish ""Onthoofdingsbrug or Hoofdbrug"") is a bridge and former public execution location in Ghent, Belgium. It is located beside the city's Gravensteen Castle, crossing a branch of the Leie (river) which here forms a moat for the castle. The bridge is a well loved tourist destination. Since 1371 or earlier murderers and"
"Lezíria Bridge The Lezíria Bridge () is a box girder bridge flanked by viaducts and rangeviews that spans the Tagus River and the Sorraia River between Carregado and Benavente, northeast of Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It is the second longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts) and the ninth in the world, with a total length of 12 km. The main bridge spans 972 m over the Tagus River and the Sorraia River. The span lengths are 95 m - 127 m - 133 m - 4 x 130 m - 95 m. The bridge was constructed in 21 months using"
"a woman whose life he had saved before. Ponte della Paglia Ponte della Paglia is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The current structure dates from 1847, and the original structure was built in 1360. The original structure was the oldest stone bridge in Venice. The name of the bridge is understood to come from boats mooring nearby to offload straw (paglia). The bridge is a common place from which to view the Bridge of Sighs. The bridge is the subject of a painting by Maurice Prendergast, the original artwork being part of the Phillips Collection. Casanova references the bridge in"
"and was the first bridge in the world to be built of open steel trough girders. Brooklyn Bridge (Sydney) The Brooklyn Bridge, a concrete girder bridge that spans the Hawkesbury River, is located 35 km north ofSydney in New South Wales, Australia. The bridge carries the Pacific Motorway (M1) between to Point. Itcomprises a dual carriageway with three lanes in each direction of motorway grade-separated conditions. The adjacent Peats Ferry Bridge carries the Pacific Highway (B83) across the Hawkesbury River in a single carriageway with one lane in each direction in state highway conditions. Both bridges are maintain by NSW"
"Altından geçme Altından geçme (literally: ""Do not pass under"") is a gate in the city wall of Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey, originally part of a Roman bath. Tarsus is situated in Çukurova (ancient Cilicia) between Adana and Mersin. The bath is located in the urban fabric of Tarsus. It is situated to the north of Tarsus Old Mosque and Tarsus Grand Mosque and to the east of Saint Paul's well at . The bath was built in the 2nd or 3rd century during the Roman Empire. It was a big complex, most of which was destroyed during the earthquakes in the"
"London Bridge (natural arch) London Bridge is a natural arch on the coast of Torquay in Devon, England. London Bridge has been so called for centuries. In 1832, the writer Octavian Blewitt wrote in his ""Panorama of Torquay"" that London Bridge was an “absurd appellation”. London Bridge is situated to the East of Torquay, beside an abandoned limestone quarry, and below the South West Coast Path. It can be reached by a short diversion from the trail which leads down to the arch through woodland. London Bridge can also be seen from a viewpoint above the abandoned Dyer's Quarry on"
"film, ""Spectre"", took place on the Thames near Vauxhall Cross in May 2015. SIS Building The SIS Building or MI6 Building at Vauxhall Cross houses the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, MI6), the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence agency. It is located at 85 Albert Embankment in Vauxhall, a south western part of central London, on the bank of the River Thames beside Vauxhall Bridge. The building has been the headquarters of the SIS since 1994. The SIS had previously been based at Century House, a 22-storey office block on Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, near Lambeth North and Waterloo"
"Circle lines. Brompton Road station closed in 1934. Referenced in the Rolling Stones song, ""Play with Fire"", released in 1965. Knightsbridge is used as an indicator of a character's privilege. In the 2017 film, ""The Foreigner"", Knightsbridge is the location of a detonated bomb that sets the plot in motion. Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is an exclusive residential and retail district in West London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End. Knightsbridge was historically known in Saxon and Old English as: ""Cnihtebricge"" c.1050 ""Knichtebrig"" 1235"
"after the Birecik Bridge. A request to name the structure ""Kennedy Bridge"" was put forward in 1963, but the request was denied. The 1968 bridge is northwest of the ruined Roman-era Ain Diwar Bridge, across the border in Syria. Cizre Bridge The Cizre Bridge (, ) is a long deck-arch bridge, carrying the D.400 across the Tigris river in Cizre, Turkey. The bridge was built as part of the Turkish State Highway System to improve mobility in the region. Prior to its construction, the only way to cross the Tigris river in Cizre was via car-ferries that caused congestion. With"
"New College Lane New College Lane is a historic street in central Oxford, England, named after New College, one of the older Oxford colleges, adjacent to the north. In 2010, New College Lane was named Britain's fourth most picturesque street, as part of Google's Street View Awards. At the northwestern end of New College Lane is a junction with Catte Street, with the Sheldonian Theatre opposite. The main feature is the Bridge of Sighs, a covered bridge connecting two parts of Hertford College, which was completed in 1914 and attracts many tourists for the view. Also to the north is"
"the United Kingdom, where an estimated 3,000 motorists were forced to abandon their vehicles around the town and on the ring road during the evening rush hour of the Christmas holidays. Situated in a valley through the Hampshire Downs at an average elevation of Basingstoke is a major interchange between Reading, Newbury, Andover, Winchester, and Alton, and lies on the natural trade route between the southwest of England and London. The area had been something of an interchange even in ancient times. It had been cut by a Roman roadway that ran from northeast to southwest, from Silchester towards Salisbury"
"Bosphorus Bridge The Bosphorus Bridge (), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge () and unofficially as the First Bridge (), is one of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: ""Boğaziçi"") in Istanbul, Turkey, thus connecting Europe and Asia (alongside Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge). The bridge extends between Ortaköy (in Europe) and Beylerbeyi (in Asia). It is a gravity-anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. The aerodynamic deck hangs on zigzag steel cables. It is long with a deck width of . The distance between the towers (main span)"
"gate is and the height is . The popular name of the gate is ""Altından geçme"" (""Do not pass under"") referring to insecure appearance of the gate. Altından geçme Altından geçme (literally: ""Do not pass under"") is a gate in the city wall of Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey, originally part of a Roman bath. Tarsus is situated in Çukurova (ancient Cilicia) between Adana and Mersin. The bath is located in the urban fabric of Tarsus. It is situated to the north of Tarsus Old Mosque and Tarsus Grand Mosque and to the east of Saint Paul's well at . The bath"