This Public Domain Review collection gathers period paintings and prints of the “guerre dei pugni” — staged, rules-bound brawls in which rival Venetian factions fought for control of a bridge with fists rather than weapons. The works depict crowds packed onto bridge railings and canal banks watching men wrestle each other into the water below, a civic spectacle organized with the same seriousness as a regatta. Every image in the collection is free to browse and download.