Bridge of Sighs
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The Bridge of Sighs is a 19th-century arched stone bridge in Glasgow, Scotland, known for carrying funeral processions into the Glasgow Necropolis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bridge of Sighs canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century structure
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arched bridge ⓘ bridge ⓘ stone bridge ⓘ |
| accessRestriction | pedestrians only ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Necropolis Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Glasgow Necropolis
NERFINISHED
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Victorian funerary architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges in Glasgow
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Pedestrian bridges in Scotland ⓘ Stone bridges in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| city | Glasgow ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| crosses | Molendinar Burn (culverted)? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | pedestrian bridge ⓘ |
| hasApproachFrom | Cathedral Square, Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbolic threshold between city and city of the dead ⓘ |
| hasDesign | arched ⓘ |
| hasParapet | stone parapet ⓘ |
| hasSpanType | single span ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Glasgow Cathedral
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glasgow Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed structure (Scotland) ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Italian Renaissance bridges ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Glasgow
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Glasgow Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bridge of Sighs (Venice) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
High Street, Glasgow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tennent’s Wellpark Brewery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrying funeral corteges into Glasgow Necropolis
ⓘ
picturesque views of Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Glasgow City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Glasgow Necropolis complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse | funeral processions ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo | Glasgow Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Belt of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Victorian ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor | access to cemetery ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.