Although similar in design, the Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge was built first in 1831, almost 100 years before Hertford Bridge in Oxford. Although the bridge is mostly associated with romance, the story about the origins of its name ‘Bridge of Sighs’ or ‘Ponte di Sospiri’ in Italian, has no romantic background at all. In fact, for some, the Bridge of Sighs was the last bridge they would ever cross… Built by Antonio Contin in 1614 , the “Ponte dei Sospiri” connected directly the inquisitors’ offices in the Doge’s Palace to the “New Prisons”, the first building in the world … "I just thought, 'Wow, what a great title for a song.' It historically connected the jail to the courtroom and those who crossed it were being jailed and would thus 'sigh'. Richard Russo's novel, Bridge of Sighs, is a story about unexceptional people in an unexceptional upstate New York town. “That Liz, she can be a bitch, but she sure is a romantic one.” And so there you have it. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Bridge of Sighs: A Short Story of the Bubonic Plague. Venice, 1610: As the Black Death reaches its hand into a goldsmith’s shop, a young apprentice must make a difficult choice. Bridge of Sighs: A Short Story of the Bubonic Plague - Kindle edition by Morelli, Laura. "I was in the middle of writing that piece of music, and I was reading the paper one day, and there was a horse at a horse race that was recommended as a favorite, and it was called Bridge of Sighs," he told Songfacts. "Bridge of Sighs" was the name of a horse, which is how Trower discovered it. “It looks just like a miniaturized Bridge of Sighs in Venice,” cooed Burton. The bridge is always open, and requires students to use more stairs than if they didn’t use the bridge at all. AndyWatt83on September 26, 2007 Link. However, this story was actually false. Hence, the bridge is called the “Bridge of Sighs”. It tells the story of a small family this struck by the worst illness of the time, the plague. The story of how the Bridge of Sighs between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s houses was built in the 1960’s in Puerto Vallarta. Maureen Corrigan says … "Bridge of Sighs: A Short Story of the Bubonic Plague" by Laura Morelli. It was erected to cross the Molendinar Ravine from Cathedral Square to the new Necropolis, the "city of the dead," that was opened on the old Merchants' Park. Venice has no shortage of impressive, stunning bridges – from the Rialto Bridge, to the Ponte delle Guglie to the Ponte della Paglia.But one of the most famous is the Bridge of Sighs (or “Ponte di Sospiri” in Italian); known for its finest baroque architecture and the story of legend that surrounds it.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Richard Russo sets “Bridge of Sighs” in a fictitious upstate New York town called Thomaston. 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