Ponte degli Scalzi

Just Amazing. Awesome view can be seen from here. There are lot of tourists so be careful that while taking photos, you do not drop your phone in the water. All main venice watwr traffic can be seen here. It is a must visit place if you are going to Venice. There are different shops on it for shopping but expensive!!!

I had a great time in this city

The elegant Ponte degli Scalzi is one of the four bridges that span the Grand Canal. The bridge connects the sestiere Santa Croce and Cannaregio, in which just across from the north is the Chiesa degli Scalzi and a little further the Santa Lucia train station. The inauguration of the Santa Lucia train station, which replaced the church of the same name, and the related railway bridge marked an epochal turning point for the lagoon city, for the first time really linked to the mainland. Furthermore, on February 11, 1846, the need for a quick connection was born between the sestieri of Santa Croce and Cannaregio, whose fastest route at the time necessarily had to pass through the Rialto bridge. Thus was born the idea to build a bridge across from the train station. The first bridge on the same site was built in 1858 according to a design by the Austrian engineer Alfred Neville during the Habsburg rule over Venice. It was a cast-iron bridge, of simple construction, very similar to the bridge at the Academy that had just been built by the same Neville. Its small height (4 m) made it impossible for ships to pass, and its industrial appearance differed sharply from its surroundings, so the city administration decided to replace it in the early 1930s. The project was entrusted, a cruel twist of fate, to the same engineer in charge of replacing the Accademia bridge, Eugenio Giuseppe Francesco Miozzi. The works began on May 4, 1932 and ended on October 28, 1934, without ever hindering maritime traffic. From an architectural point of view, the bridge was put in place without the use of reinforcement, reinforced concrete or iron parts. To anyone who doubted that the only material used was Istrian stone from the Vrsar quarry, Miozzi proudly replied "it has no armature, neither in reinforced concrete, nor in iron, nor in bronze, he has no mysterious evil". The name? It is due to the proximity to the church of Santa Maria di Nazareth, where the barefoot Carmelite order officiated Mass for three hundred years.

One of the best bridges to stand upon and see Venice by night.

Great location! I took a train and arrived there early morning, it was a very interesting experience. When I walk out of the train station, I couldn’t see anything due to the fogs. As time goes by Venice slowly shows itself it was magical, straight out of a movie!

Nice view of Venice, not many tourists here so you can enjoy here clicking some photos

After a long journey to Venice, this is one of the first bridges one will come across after leaving the train station. It is absolutely magnificent!

Best place to visit during Summers. Different experience unlike other European cities. Narrow lanes with bridges everywhere to cross the water canals. Boat rides to travel from a place or island to another.