The Ponte di Rialto crosses the Canal Grande between the neighbourhoods of San Marco and San Polo. It was completed in 1591, replacing an earlier wooden bridge. The marble of the handrail has suffered some degree of erosion during its first more than 400 years of existence.

Keywords

bridge, karst processes, metamorphic rock, mirror of the past, surficial karst

Created

Friday 17 June 2011 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Italy (3107 visits)