The Bridge Of Sighs Venice. It was built in 1831 and crosses the river cam between the college's third court and new court. The outside has beautiful carvings of happy, sad and angry faces, apparently intending to ward off evil spirits and protect the bridge.

Legend has it that the bridge was given its. The bridge crosses over the rio di palazzo and connects the new prison to the doge’s palace. The bridge of sighs is a limestone bridge that connects the doge's palace of venice to the new prisons over the rio di palazzo.