The Bridge of Sighs in Glasgow, built in 1833 by James Hamilton, crosses the Molendinar Ravine and connects Glasgow Cathedral to the Necropolis. Its name echoes the Venetian bridge, but here the “sighs” were those of funeral processions making their way to the Victorian cemetery beyond.
The stone structure in the foreground forms the bridge’s monumental gateway. The Molendinar Burn that once flowed beneath was culverted in 1877, leaving the bridge today to span a roadway and parkland rather than water.
