Sunday, July 13, 2014

Embroidery: Bridge of Sighs


This piece from the Venice collection features one of Venice's best known landmarks -- the Bridge of Sighs -- 


the walkway from the palace to the prison where prisoners got to take their last look at the city before they were imprisoned.  (Actually Lord Byron just made that up, but the name and story stuck.)  Here's a photo of just the bridge.


And yes, Casanova was imprisoned here.
Ciao
PJ

(c) 2014 PJ Lehrer

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