The Ponte Minich is a bridge which lies in the
Sestiere Castello in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
and connects the Calle Trevisan with the Calle Bressana. It is named after the surgeon
Angelo Minich
Angelo Minich (1817–1893), a pathologist, was professor of surgery at the University of Padua. Born in Venice on 30 September 1817, he studied medicine at Padua and at Pavia, where he graduated in February 1840; he took a further degree in surge ...
(1817–1893), who in his will of 25 September 1893 bequeathed the city of Venice thirty thousand lire for the comfort and education of the city, and to ensure the accuracy of the Venetian electrical clocks. The clocks still exist today; they have a white face with Roman numerals and housings made of cast iron.
Appears in numerous films including
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
Bridges in Venice
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