Bridge Thirty-Four and Thirty-Five - Ponte della Feltrina and Ponte Duodo o Barbarigo

The next two lookalike bridges sit next to each other like Siamese twins, sharing a common staircase. They are literally metres away from each other on the same canal, and share a similar design too.



We found these two, the Ponte della Feltrina and Ponte Duodo o Barbarigo, towards the back and side of one of the most splendidly decorated churches in Venice, Santa Maria del Giglio o Zobenigo ('giglio' means lily, and Zobenigo (or Jubanico) is the name of the family who founded the neighbourhood church of Santa Maria del Giglio in the ninth century). So we did the right thing and gave each an equal amount of attention, walking a circle to cross each one at least once before spending some time looking at the decorations of the church facade.