Ponte della Libertà
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The Ponte della Libertà is the bridge which connects the mainland with Venice by road. Originally called the Ponte del Littorio, the bridge was designed by Eugenio Miozzi and built between 1931 and 1933.
It was opened on April 25th, the feast day of Saint Mark (Venice's patron saint), by Prince Umberto of Savoy and his wife Princess Maria Jose. Benito Mussolini was also present at the ceremony. At the end of the second world war, the bridge was renamed the Ponte della Libertà to honour Italy's liberation from fascism. 3.8 kms in length, the Ponte della Libertà was erected alongside the railway bridge, which had been built by the Austrians between 1841 and 1846. The bridge was the final stage of the railway line built to connect Milan and Venice, the two capital cities of the erstwhile Austrian kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. |
Ponte della LibertÃ
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