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Article: Calatrava Bridge to Barge up the Grand Canal in Venice During the Night of July 27-28.
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- PR Newswire Europe
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- July 26, 2007
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VENICE, Italy, July 26 /PRNewswire/ --
Under cover of darkness, two large sections of the Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande (Fourth Bridge on the Grand Canal), designed by Spanish-born architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, will move by boat along Venice's Grand Canal during the night of July 27-28, 2007, reaching their final home near the city's major railway station.
"Bridges in Venice do more than join together different parts of the city," Santiago Calatrava stated. "They serve as landmarks, meeting places, points of definition within an urban fabric that is utterly unique. This is the responsibility I have tried to fulfill, knowing that the Quarto ...