Ponte del diavolo
Parapet-less stone bridge on a lagoon island, tied to a legend of a witch's pact with the devil.
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This guide to the Ponte del Diavolo on Torcello in Venice starts with a detail underfoot: one of only two Venetian bridges left without a railing. It traces the legend behind that omission, an Austrian-occupation romance gone tragic, a grief-stricken widow, and a witch who summoned the devil himself to strike a bargain on this very stone. Along the way it names the seven souls the devil asked for, and the fire that overtook the witch soon after the deal was struck.
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