This 16 x 20 colour mounted photograph is depicts the Bridge of Sighs or Ponte dei Sospiri - Antonio Contino's bridge over the Rio di Palazzo was erected in the year 1600 to connect the Doge's prisons, or Prigioni, with the inquisitor's rooms in the main palace. The name "Bridge of Sighs" was invented in the 19th Century, when Lord Byron helped to popularize the belief that the bridge's name was inspired by the sighs of condemned prisoners as they were led through it to the executioner. Robin Trower, a stellar guitar player, released the Bridge of Sighs in 1974, immortalizing in music this venerable spot in Venice.