Friday, September 03, 2004


Bridge of Sighs at Oxford named after the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. The Bridge of Sighs in Venice connects prison cells to the interrogation rooms. The name comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice before being taken down to their cells. Take a look at Cambridge's Bridge of Sighs(perhaps better looking than Oxford's).
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The Nashman said...

Of course the Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge is much prettier! It is constructed over the river Cam unlike the Oxford Sighs which is built over asphalt and whose only purpose is to spare us the sight of Hertford students in bathrobes...:)

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