| The Ponte degli Scalzi, which the Venetians also called the station or rail bridge due to its proximity to the railway station of Saint Lucia, was built in 1934. Inspired by the Rialto Bridge, the Ponte degli Scalzi consists of a single stone arch entirely of Istria. The current bridge has replaced an old iron bridge built by the Austrians in 1858. The Ponte degli Scalzi, along with the Rialto Bridge, the Ponte dell'Accademia and the new bridge Calatrava, is one of the four bridges that now cross the Grand Canal in Venice. |
