Estuve en Venecia, en el puente de los suspiros

un palacio y una prisión en cada mano

vi la ola sus estructuras subir

como el golpe de varita de un hechicero:

Mil años sus alas nubladas expande

alrededor mío, y las risas de Gloria muriendo

sobre los lejanos tiempos, cuando muchas tierras súbditas

miraron los pilares del león alado

¡Donde Venecia descansaba sobre las cien islas!

1. The author of the poem was Lord Byron.

2. It's a very famous Venice's bridge that was intended to connect the Old Prison and the interrogation rooms.

3. The name was given by Lord Byron in 19th century and takes its name from the sighs of the prisoners that from the bridge they saw the sky and the sea for last time.

4. There are 455 bridges in Venice.

5. Rialto: is the name of a bridge and a Venice sestiere (district), known for its markets.

Shylock: is the name of a character of Shakespeare's novel, The Merchant of Venice.

The Moor: He is the Prince of Morocco, a suitor for the hand of Portia (She is the name of the main character of The Merchant of Venice).