The Ducal Palace is connected on the east side
by the Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) with the
Prisons (Le Prigione). The bridge is " a work of no
merit, and of a late period, owing the interest it pos-
sesses chiefly to its pretty name and to the ignorant
sentimentalism of Byron *' (Ruskin^.* The Prison is
still used for the same purpose, ana cannot be visited
without special permission.
