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Rialto · Co. Dublin

Where Dublin's Venice Bridge Launched Industrial Glory

1795 witnessed the completion of Henry Roche's ornamental bridge costing £1,200 over the Grand Canal's main line, creating an architectural masterpiece so reminiscent of Venice's Ponte di Rialto that Dublin citizens immediately adopted the Italian name for both bridge and surr…

Rialto is a small place in County Dublin. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.