The Devil's Bridge, Island of Torcello, Venetian Lagoon
Torcello is a tiny island in the Venetian lagoon, poorly populated, reachable by boat from Venice. Devil’s Bridge is one of the two bridges which still exist on the island of Torcello and, at the same time, one of the only two bridges without parapets still found in the Venetian Lagoon, the other being Ponte del Chiodo, located in the sestiere of Cannaregio, in Venice. There are many legends about or set in Venice. One of them is about the so called Ponte del Diavolo (Devil’s bridge) in Torcello. During the Austrian domination, a lady of a noble Venetian family fell in love with an officer of the Austrian army. When her family learnt about the relationship between the two they banished the girl from Venice, later the officer was found stabbed to death. When the girl discovered the death of her lover, she asked a friend to find a way to be again with the man she loved. The girl’s friend went to a witch that was able to evoke the devil. The devil met the witch at the Torcello’s bridge on the night of 24th December. When they finally met, the witch asked the devil for the keys of space and time, promising in return the souls of seven dead children without baptism in the following week. The devil accepted the trade with no hesitation and gave to her the keys. The witch threw them in the water below the bridge; magically from the water appeared the Austrian officer who could re-join with his lover and live together in another dimension. On the seventh day, the devil came back to the bridge waiting for his cruel payment, but the witch had perished in a fire some days before. So every year on the Christmas Eve the legend says that the devil, disguised as a black cat, goes to the bridge in an eternal waiting of his payment.
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