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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Niccol Lupone and Luca Bruno

Venice revives a quarter-mile floating bridge to island cemetery for All Souls' Day mourners

Italy Venice All Soul's Day - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Venice’s San Michele island is the final resting place of American poet Ezra Pound, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and many Venetians known only to their loved ones.

The city of Venice this year revived a long-dormant tradition of constructing a temporary bridge to allow Venetians to make the solemn 400-meter (quarter-mile) lagoon crossing by foot to pay respects to their dead on the Catholic All Souls’ holiday.

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