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WHAT DOES BRIDGE OF SIGHS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bridge of Sighs

Bridge of Sighs

The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge located in Venice, northern Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone and has windows with stone bars. It passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino 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 name, given by Lord Byron in the 19th century, comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells. In reality, the days of inquisitions and summary executions were over by the time the bridge was built and the cells under the palace roof were occupied mostly by small-time criminals. In addition, little could be seen from inside the Bridge due to the stone grills covering the windows. A local legend says that lovers will be granted eternal love and bliss if they kiss on a gondola at sunset under the Bridge of Sighs as the bells of St Mark's Campanile toll.

Definition of Bridge of Sighs in the English dictionary

The definition of Bridge of Sighs in the dictionary is a covered 16th-century bridge in Venice, between the Doges' Palace and the prisons, through which prisoners were formerly led to trial or execution.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Bridge of Sighs in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

叹息桥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Puente de los Suspiros
570 millions of speakers

English

Bridge of Sighs
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आह भरना के पुल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جسر التنهدات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Мост вздохов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ponte dos Suspiros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সিজার ব্রিজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pont des Soupirs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bridge of Sighs
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seufzerbrücke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ため息橋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한숨의 다리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bridge of Sighs
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Cầu Sighs
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிக்ஸ் பாலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहिर्याचे पूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İç çekek Köprüsü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ponte dei Sospiri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Most Westchnień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Міст зітхань
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Puntea Suspinelor
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Γέφυρα των Στεναγμών
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Bridge of Sighs
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Suckarnas bro
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Bridge of Sighs
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIDGE OF SIGHS»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRIDGE OF SIGHS»

Discover the use of Bridge of Sighs in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Bridge of Sighs and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bridge of Sighs
After sixty years of living in the upstate New York town of Thomaston, Louis Charles and his wife of forty years, Sarah, prepare for a trip to Italy to visit Louis' childhood friend, an artist who had fled his hometown many years earlier.
Richard Russo, 2008
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The Bridge of Sighs: A Novel
The Bridge of Sighs is a 2004 Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel.
Olen Steinhauer, 2007
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Across the Bridge of Sighs: More Venetian Stories
As her characters negotiate the conflict between tradition and a rapidly changing city, Jane Turner Rylands draws us deep into a society all but unknown to outsiders. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Jane Turner Rylands, 2007
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Bridge of sighs: a novella and stories
Paulette Roeske has published four books of poetry. An NEH and Fulbright Fellow, her fiction appeared in Threepenny Review, Georgia Review, and other publications.
Paulette Roeske, 2002
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Over the Bridge of Sighs
While writing down the words I have written on paper, poetry became the words that made my heart speak.
Edward Wolverton, 2009
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Atkinson's Casket
They are small, dark and damp, sunk in the thick walls of the Pa- lact. and from them the prisoner was led in the dead of night to a cell upon the Bridge of Sighs, wh*re he was H rang led or beheaded, and then tumbled in the canal beneath, ...
Samuel Coate Atkinson, 1836
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Jenning's Landscape Annual
VENICE. THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of an enchanter's wand. A thousand years their cloudy wings ...
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Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge)
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge is a covered bridge belonging to St John's College of Cambridge University.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
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The Welcome Guest
Tun Bridge of Sighs! the Bridge of Sighs! It spam the River of Despair, Beneath whose awful waters lies Full many a child of crime and care. No marble columns grace its hcight— No lofty garapet to save . The son of orrow and the Night From  ...
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The Innocents Abroad
What would one naturally wish to see first in Yenice 1 The Bridge of Sighs, of course — and next the Church and the Great Square of St. Mark, the Bronze Horses, and the famous Lion of St. Mark. We intended to go to the Bridge of Sighs , hut ...
Mark Twain, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRIDGE OF SIGHS»

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Oxford Professor creates Lego Hertford
Two years ago he built a Lego model of the Bridge of Sighs. We thought it was pretty great and so this year he has created a model of the side ... «Cherwell Online, Jul 15»
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Mandurah's bridge of sighs
ALTHOUGH works on the Mandurah Road footbridge's arches is still dormant, despite the June 30 deadline, a City spokesperson said the ... «Mandurah Mail, Jul 15»
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Up & Coming
In 1973, he started putting out records under his own name, hitting big with 1974's Bridge of Sighs. The title track is one of those ponderous, ... «The Portland Mercury, Jul 15»
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Midlanders bring Mazimum R&B
... Accuse Me, a brilliant rendition of Steve Earle's Copperhead Road and an echo from the 70s with Bridge Of Sighs from Robin Trower. «Lancashire Evening Post, Jun 15»
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Oxford University professor makes Lego Hertford College
Dr Beaumont, a colonial historian, has previously made Lego versions of the 700-year-old college chapel and Bridge of Sighs. His models, built ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
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Belle Isle: A history museum unto itself
It was known as “The Bridge of Sighs” for the feelings of dread when Union soldiers first saw infamous Belle Isle prison camp. A rich forest ... «Johnson City Press, Jun 15»
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Why have more than 50 dogs leapt to their deaths from Overtoun …
It is also the canine equivalent of Beachy Head, the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the doggy Bridge of Sighs all rolled into one. Some people ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Weekend Planner: One week until Aerosmith
Trower's hits include “Bridge of Sighs,” “Day of the Eagle,” “Little Bit of Sympathy” and “Too Rolling Stoned.” Tickets cost $57.75. For details, go ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jun 15»
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This week (June 18, 2015)
This London-born singer-guitarist — an original member of Procul Harum — crafted 1974's landmark “Bridge of Sighs” album. Now 70, he ... «Stockton Record, Jun 15»
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Snap out of it and live in the moment
... every passing moment of their Cambridge experience by camera, many feel they must appear in front of King's Chapel or the Bridge of Sighs, ... «Varsity Online, Jun 15»

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