Antonio da Ponte

Rialto Bridge

Antonio da Ponte (* 1512 in Venice ; † March 22, 1597 ibid) (place of origin Ponte Capriasca ?), Was a Venetian builder and the uncle of Antonio Contin , the builder of the Bridge of Sighs . He was the official architect of the Provveditori al Sal , which, in addition to the salt monopoly, was also responsible for the care and maintenance of the city's public buildings. He is the architect of the Rialto Bridge . He designed the new prison (together with Zamaria de 'Piombi ) and the new construction of the Cordiere (rope factory) in the arsenal . The Incurabili church designed by him was completely destroyed in the Napoleonic era.

Web links

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Antonio da Ponte (Italian) on treccani.it/enciclopedia

Individual evidence

^ Celestino Trezzini : Antonio da Ponte. Digitized at biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, page 391, (accessed on September 13, 2018)

personal data
SURNAME	Ponte, Antonio there
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Venetian builder
DATE OF BIRTH	1512
PLACE OF BIRTH	Venice
DATE OF DEATH	March 22, 1597
Place of death	Venice

[1] Celestino Trezzini : Antonio da Ponte. Digitized at biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, page 391, (accessed on September 13, 2018)