The Ponte dei Pugni (“Bridge of Fists”) is a historic bridge in Venice’s Dorsoduro district, famous as a 17th-century battleground for rival clans—the Nicolotti and Castellani—who fought to throw each other into the canal below. It features four white stone footprints marking the fighters’ starting positions.
Ponte dei Pugni (“Bridge of Fists”) in Venice, Italy, is a famous filming location, most notably featured as the exterior of the library in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Situated in the Dorsoduro district near Campo San Barnaba, it serves as the backdrop for scenes where Indy emerges from the sewer. The gallant Indiana gives Dr Schneider a flower while crossing the Ponte dei Pugni.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was filmed across six countries, featuring iconic spots like Petra in Jordan, the Tabernas Desert and Monsul Beach in Spain, and Venice, Italy.
Church of San Barnaba
The Church of San Barnaba in Venice is a 18th-century church renowned for its role in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as a library.
Palazzo Barbaro
Palazzo Barbaro has appeared in Brideshead Revisited, Nosferatu in Venice, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, In Love and War, The Wings of the Dove and more.
Palazzo Pisani a Santo Stefano
Palazzo Pisani a Santo Stefano appears in the James Bond film Casino Royale, A Haunting in Venice and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
Rialto Bridge
Rialto Bridge appears in Summertime (1955), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and A Haunting in Venice (2023).
St Mark’s Campanile
St Mark’s Campanile often appears in films as part of the wider San Marco skyline, its most direct use as a filming location is in "Nosferatu in Venice" (1988).
St. Mark’s Square
Films associated with St. Mark’s Square are Summertime, Death in Venice, A Little Romance, Moonraker, The Tourist, Inferno and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs appears in From Russia with Love, The Avenger of Venice, A Little Romance, A Haunting in Venice, and Madonna’s music video for “Like a Virgin”.
Santa Maria Formosa
Films associated with Santa Maria Formosa are A Little Romance (1979), The Wings of the Dove (1997) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).
Hotel DeMatteis
Hotel DeMatteis in Venice appears in "Spider-Man: Far From Home" as the rather disappointing hotel where Peter Parker and his classmates stay.