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.

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Bridge of Sighs canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century structure ⓘ
arched bridge ⓘ
bridge ⓘ
stone bridge ⓘ
accessRestriction pedestrians only ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Necropolis Bridge ⓘ
associatedWith Glasgow Necropolis ⓘ
Victorian funerary architecture ⓘ
category Bridges in Glasgow ⓘ
Pedestrian bridges in Scotland ⓘ
Stone bridges in the United Kingdom ⓘ
city Glasgow ⓘ
constructionPeriod 19th century ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
crosses Molendinar Burn (culverted)? ⓘ
function pedestrian bridge ⓘ
hasApproachFrom Cathedral Square, Glasgow ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbolic threshold between city and city of the dead ⓘ
hasDesign arched ⓘ
hasParapet stone parapet ⓘ
hasSpanType single span ⓘ
hasViewOf Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
Glasgow Necropolis ⓘ
heritageStatus listed structure (Scotland) ⓘ
inspiredBy Italian Renaissance bridges ⓘ
locatedIn Glasgow ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
namedAfter Bridge of Sighs (Venice) ⓘ
linked to: Bridge of Sighs
near High Street, Glasgow ⓘ
Tennent’s Wellpark Brewery ⓘ
notableFor carrying funeral corteges into Glasgow Necropolis ⓘ
picturesque views of Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
ownedBy Glasgow City Council ⓘ
partOf Glasgow Necropolis complex ⓘ
linked to: Glasgow Necropolis
primaryUse funeral processions ⓘ
providesAccessTo Glasgow Necropolis ⓘ
region Central Belt of Scotland ⓘ
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.

Glasgow Necropolis → hasAccessPoint → Bridge of Sighs ⓘ