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Rialto BridgeFrom: Venice's Top 11 Free Sights
ABOVE: Tourists watch canal traffic from the Rialto Bridge.
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You
might think that, with Venice being a city of traders, the shopping arcade in
the center was built to separate tourists and locals from their money. In fact,
the shops have a structural purpose: The rows of covered arches that run up the
center of the bridge and over the top help to stiffen the bridge, making piers
unnecessary and allowing 7.5 meters or 24 feet of clearance for boats (including
the galleys that existed in the 16th Century, when the current stone bridge was
built).
