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Detailed explanation-1: -There are exactly 391 bridges in Venice, 403 if we include the Giudecca, crossing 150 canals. These 391 bridges in Venice connect to each other the 116-117 islands the city was built on.

Detailed explanation-2: -Venice (/ˈvɛnɪs/ VEH-niss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen); Venetian: Venesia or Venexia [veˈnɛsja]) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges.

Detailed explanation-3: -Venice is a city built on water and has a record number of 300 bridges throughout.

Detailed explanation-4: -The floating city is crisscrossed by more than 150 canals and over 400 bridges, giving it a unique character. When inhabitants from the mainland first settled in Venice during the 5th century, the canals were basically inlets between the Venice lagoon’s marshy islands.

Detailed explanation-5: -’Building Bridges’ by Halcyon Gallery is contemporary Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn’s most ambitious project to date. It comprises six pairs of human hands that bridge the basin of the Arsenale, a complex of 12th-century shipyards in Venice’s Castello District.