Walking across Rialto Bridge

The sounds of footsteps on the Rialto bridge, footsteps, snippets of conversations from passersby and vendors, the lapping of water at the footsteps to the bridge, the cry of gulls, and the sounds of passing boats.

This is a field recording I took of walking over the Rialto bridge, an heritage space of culture, bartering, and tourism for centuries. This is a preliminary recording in which I was testing my methods for my own project on tourism, mapping the city, and the interaction between the human and more-than-human world in tourist spaces that we traditionally associate with the human only. 

UNESCO listing: Venice and its Lagoon

Recorded by Flora Sagers.

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This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.

Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage