Ponte de le Tette

San Polo & Santa Croce


‘Tits Bridge’ got its name in the late 15th century, when neighbourhood prostitutes were encouraged to display their wares in windows instead of taking their marketing campaigns to the streets. On the east side of the nondescript bridge is the Rio Terà de le Carampane (a filled-in canal), named after a noble family’s house (Ca’ Rampani) that became notorious as a meeting place for local streetwalkers, who to this day are known as carampane.

Instead of hanging out in windows, more-ambitious working girls might be found studying: for educated conversation, courtesans might charge 60 times the basic rate of the average carampane.

Transportation

  • ferry: San Silvestro

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Polo & Santa Croce attractions

1. Chiesa di San Polo

0.13 MILES

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2. Palazzo Mocenigo

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3. Fondazione Prada

0.14 MILES

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4. Ca’ Pesaro

0.16 MILES

The stately exterior of this Baldassare Longhena–designed 1710 palazzo hides two intriguing art museums that could hardly be more different: the Galleria…

5. Pescaria

0.17 MILES

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6. Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario

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7. Chiesa di San Stae

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8. Rialto Market

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Venice’s main market has been whetting appetites for seven centuries, with fruit and vegetable stands abutting the rather more pungent Pescaria. To see it…

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