Before getting to the people of Venice, here are a few sights of the hundreds of bridges there: I figure that their total length tops the longest bridge in the world, but I might be wrong.
You may start here, then proceed to the right, and stop at the locks. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Italie+2012/PPL-Venice-9685.jpg.html or http://tinyurl.com/c483vkr Bien cordialement de Mutz Philippe