The Ponte dell'Accademia is one of only three in Venice to span the Grand Canal. It bridges near the southern end of the canal, and is named for the Accademia galleries. Venice (Italian Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy The Grand Canal is Venices largest waterway. ... The Accademia di Belle Arti is Venice’s school of art and is uniformly known throughout Venice as the Accademia. ...

First suggested as early as 1488, a bridge was not constructed until 1854; a steel structure, designed by Neville. This was demolished and replaced by a wooden bridge in the 1930s, despite widespread hopes for a stone bridge. Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Steel framework Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Neville may refer to: Neville Longbottom, a fictional character in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. ... Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ...

The second bridge, in a dangerous condition, which razed and replaced by the present bridge, of identical construction, in 1985. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...