Example sentences for: ponte

How can you use “ponte” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The 16th-century Rialto Bridge is one of Venice’s architectural icons, designed by ­Antonio da Ponte for a competition entered by Michelangelo, Palladio, and Sansovino — it’s still one of the liveliest spots in town.

  • The well-restored fortress, Forte da Ponte da Bandeira, once guarded the entrance to the harbor in the 17th century.

  • The Ponte Vecchio is the most picturesque place to shop for pricey but gorgeous gold and silver jewelry, designed with centuries of learned expertise.

  • For those hoping to go from the sublime to the sinister, the palace prisons, neat and tidy today along their narrow corridor, become all too romantic with their 17th-century Baroque Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri).

  • The Ponte Vecchio, intact since 1345, was Florence’s first, and for centuries only, bridge.


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