Ponte dei Pugni
Ponte dei Pugni is a bridge in Venice, Italy.[1][2][3]
One of the paintings of Joseph Heintz the Younger (Contest on the Fists Bridge in Venice by Joseph Hines, Jr., 1673) depicts the popular fun in Venice – battagliole sui ponti (battle on the bridge) – an annual competition between the inhabitants the eastern and western sestiere [4].
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- Kindersley, Dorling (1 May 2012). "Eyewitness Travel Family Guide Italy". Penguin. Retrieved 9 August 2017 – via Google Books.
- "Venice and its lagoons :: Ponte dei Pugni". Venicethefuture.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- Out, Editors (1 February 2010). "Time Out Venice: Verona, Treviso, and the Veneto". Time Out. Retrieved 9 August 2017 – via Google Books.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- "Fist Fights on Venetian Bridges". https://www.amusingplanet.com/. Retrieved 2019-10-03. External link in
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