It is said that the bridge was finished by the devil in return demanded the soul of the first person who would cross the bridge ...  

Legend says that the construction of the bridge was carried out by a clever and respected master builder of the city that started right away. Ben took the man finally realized that the bridge would take longer than expected and that when she would never be able to finish the work of the bridge in time.

The foreman, worked night and day just to finish in time the bridge but the days passed and the work was always behind. So one night while he was on the bank of the river Serchio man the devil appeared in the guise of a respectable businessman.

The devil promised the foreman that he would seek to finish the work of the bridge in time but in return he wanted the soul of the first person who would cross the bridge.

The man accepted the agreement and the next day the bridge was finished. At the sight of the bridge finished, people complimented the foreman who made her promise by the locals who would not have crossed the bridge before the sun went down. In the meantime, he went to Lucca and told all to the Bishop who told him not to worry and to ensure that the Devil could take his soul. For a bishop suggested the man to make the first to cross the bridge was a pig.

 The foreman said that the bishop had suggested and so angry about the Devil being defeated jumped into the river Serchio Enon show his face