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==Etymology== [[File:Bridge of Sighs sea facade night 2.jpg|thumb|The Bridge of Sighs seen by night.]] The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by [[Lord Byron]] in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historychannel.com.au/articles/five-remarkable-bridges-that-are-more-than-400-years-old/|title=Bridge of Sighs - Legend, Design and Interesting Facts|publisher=History Channel on Foxtel|date=21 July 2013|access-date=26 June 2017|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327103249/https://www.historychannel.com.au/articles/five-remarkable-bridges-that-are-more-than-400-years-old/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKVhAAAAcAAJ&q=bridge+of+sighs++prisoners%27+sighs+Lord+byron%2C&pg=PA662|title=The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: with Life of the Author and Copious Notes. Beautifully Illustrated. Family Edition|first=George Gordon Byron Baron|last=Byron|date=4 January 1863|publisher=Milner&Sowerby|via=Google Books}}</ref> from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elitereaders.com/the-grim-history-of-the-bridge-of-sighs-in-venice/|title=The Grim History of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice|date=20 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Keith |title=The Bridge of Sighs |url=http://www.questpa.org/blog/5whpyltcfzllsj8dx7yb4x2ee8k9j3 |website=Quest Ministries |access-date=8 September 2021 |archive-date=8 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908151515/http://www.questpa.org/blog/5whpyltcfzllsj8dx7yb4x2ee8k9j3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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