The Bridge of Scalzi, literally of the barefoot, is named after the Church of the Scalzi on your left. It is curious to think that the spacious and empty fondamenta where boats stop today was once populated by splendid palaces and churches; all of which were torn down to make way for the train station, built in the mid-19th century to permit commercial activities on the mainland.
The first bridge was built in iron by the English entrepeneur Alfred Neville, however it soon showed signs of decay and was considered a hazard for anyone crossing it. It was then rebuilt in Istrian stone by Pietro Miozzi in 1934, who and managed to convey a lightness to the design, such that the Venetian poet Diego Valeri compared it to a woman’s slender eyebrow.