Ponte della Paglia

Ponte della Paglia is a bridge in Venice, Italy.

The original structure was the oldest stone bridge in Venice.

[1] The name of the bridge is understood to come from boats mooring nearby to offload straw (paglia).

The bridge is the subject of a painting by Maurice Prendergast, the original artwork being part of the Phillips Collection.

[3] Casanova references the bridge in his memoirs as a place where he meets a woman whose life he had saved before.