6Bridge of Sighs and Prisons

The enclosed bridge that connects the courtrooms to the New Prisons across the canal, and the prison cells themselves.

In This Area

The Bridge of Sighs

Antonio Contin, about 1600 to 1603

Between the palace and the New Prisons, crossing the Rio di Palazzo

The Prisons

Antonio da Ponte and Antonio Contin, 1589 to 1614

New Prisons across the Bridge of Sighs; the Pozzi on the ground floor of the palace