Changes: Ponte di Rialto

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The Ponte di Rialto, or the Rialto Bridge, is a landmark that connected the San Marco and San Polo districts of Venice across the Grand Canal, serving as a dividing line between the two.

The bridge is not only notable for the size of its large arch, but also for its main walkway lined with shops and stalls, which to this day remains a vibrant strolling and meeting place for the community around it.

Trivia

In Assassin's Creed II, the bridge was depicted as wooden, as construction did not begin on a stone bridge until 1588.
A Glyph could be found underneath the bridge, just above the waterline on the east side.

Gallery

Reference

Assassin's Creed II

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-{{era|AC2}}
+{{Era|AC2}}
 {{WP-REAL|Rialto Bridge}}
+{{Landmarks Infobox
-{{WPlocations}}
+|image       = PonteRialtoDB.png
-[[File:Rialto_Bridge.jpg|thumb|250px|The Rialto Bridge during the late 1400s.]]
+|description = Venice's most famous bridge.
-The '''Ponte di Rialto''' (English: ''Rialto Bridge'') connected the [[San Marco district (Venice)|San Marco]] and [[San Polo district|San Polo]] districts of [[Venice]] across the [[Grand Canal]].<ref name="ac2"/>
+|appearance  = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
+|location    = [[San Polo District]], [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
+|dateconstructed = Construction completed in 1255 C.E.
+|functions = Bridge
+|features = [[Glyphs|Glyph]]
+|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
+|events =
+|commissioner = }}
+The '''Ponte di Rialto''', or the '''Rialto Bridge''', is a landmark that connected the [[San Marco District (Venice)|San Marco]] and [[San Polo District|San Polo]] districts of [[Venice]] across the [[Canal Grande|Grand Canal]], serving as a dividing line between the two.
-==Database Entry==
-''The oldest, and the most famous, bridge in Venice, the Rialto is the dividing line between the districts of San Marco and San Polo. The bridge is notable not only for the size of its large arch, but also for its main walkway lined with shops and stalls, which was a vibrant strolling and meeting place for the community around it.''
+The bridge is not only notable for the size of its large arch, but also for its main walkway lined with shops and stalls, which to [[Modern times|this day]] remains a vibrant strolling and meeting place for the community around it.
-''Contrast that with today's Rialto, where crowds of tourists fight over cheap knockoffs of Venetian glass while some idiot attempts to spit off the edge of the bridge onto passing boats. Ah, modernity.''<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
 ==Trivia==
-*In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' the bridge is depicted as wooden<ref name="ac2"/>: construction did not begin on a stone bridge until 1588.<ref name="wikipedia">Wikipedia article on the [[wikipedia:Rialto Bridge|Rialto Bridge]]</ref>
+*In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', the bridge was depicted as wooden, as construction did not begin on a stone bridge until 1588.
-*Underneath the bridge, just above the waterline, is one of [[Subject 16]]'s [[Glyphs]].<ref name="ac2"/>
+*A [[Glyphs|Glyph]] could be found underneath the bridge, just above the waterline on the east side.
+{{-}}
-*To find the Glyph, row a [[gondola]] underneath the bridge, staying on the east side. Keep looking east.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
+Ponte di Rialto during the day.jpg|Ponte di Rialto during the day
+Rialto_Bridge.jpg|Ponte di Rialto during the night
+Rialto bridge concept art.jpg|Early concept art of the Ponte di Rialto
+</gallery>
-==References==
+==Reference==
+*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
-{{reflist}}
-[[Category:Venice]]
+[[Category:Landmarks in Venice]]
-[[Category:Landmarks]]