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Nicolò Barattieri

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Nicolò Barattieri was a Lombard engineer active in Venice during the 12th century. In 1180 he raised St Mark's Campanile to 200 feet.[1] In around 1181, he built the first bridge across the Grand Canal, a pontoon bridge then called the Ponte della Moneta that was the first version of the Rialto Bridge.[2] Barattieri also erected the columns of San Marco and San Todaro in the Piazzetta di San Marco.[3]

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  1. ^ Richard Shelton Kirby (1 August 1990). Engineering in History. Courier Corporation. pp. 121–. ISBN 978-0-486-26412-7.
  2. ^ Paul Strathern (3 December 2013). The Venetians: A New History: From Marco Polo to Casanova. Pegasus Books. pp. 359–. ISBN 978-1-4804-4838-4.
  3. ^ Alethea Wiel (1894). Venice. G.P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 116–.