A bent, laminated, high strength glass safety panel, said panel comprising: a single fully-tempered bent glass sheet substrate having opposed, major exterior convex and concave surfaces; the bent glass substrate having a thickness of between 3.2 mm and 19.9 mm; and said bent glass substrate having a surface compressive stress of at least 69 MPa as measured according to ASTM C1048; a chemically-strengthened glass veneer sheet characterized by a surface compressive stress of at least 100 MPa, said glass veneer sheet having a thickness of between 0.28 mm and 3.0 mm and being thinner than said bent glass substrate, wherein said glass veneer sheet is made from alkali-containing glass material selected from the group consisting of alkali-aluminosilicate glass, soda-lime silicate glass, alkali-borosilicate glass, alkali-aluminoborosilicate glass, alkali-boron glass, alkali-germanate glass, and alkali-borogermanate glass; a polymer interlayer disposed between the bent glass substrate and the glass veneer sheet, wherein the polymer interlayer is made from material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl butryal, ionoplast, ethyl vinyl acetate, Thermoplastic polyurethane, polycarbonate, urethane, cast-in-place curable resins; said glass veneer sheet being laminated by the polymer interlayer to at least one of said convex or concave surfaces of the bent glass substrate; wherein the polymer interlayer provides a permanent bond between the cold-bent glass veneer sheet and the thicker bent glass substrate; and, wherein the glass veneer sheet is cold-bent to conform to the shape of the bent glass substrate and comprises first perimeter edges smaller than second perimeter edges (37, 59, 68) of the bent glass substrate; wherein said first perimeter edges of the glass veneer sheet align with the tapered edges of the polymer interlayer and beveled edges (44; 57, 58; 61, 63) of the bent glass substrate, and wherein the residual stress within the fully-tempered bent glass substrate is safely encapsulated on a major surface by the polymer interlayer and glass veneer sheet. a single fully-tempered bent glass sheet substrate having opposed, major exterior convex and concave surfaces; the bent glass substrate having a thickness of between 3.2 mm and 19.9 mm; and said bent glass substrate having a surface compressive stress of at least 69 MPa as measured according to ASTM C1048; a chemically-strengthened glass veneer sheet characterized by a surface compressive stress of at least 100 MPa, said glass veneer sheet having a thickness of between 0.28 mm and 3.0 mm and being thinner than said bent glass substrate, wherein said glass veneer sheet is made from alkali-containing glass material selected from the group consisting of alkali-aluminosilicate glass, soda-lime silicate glass, alkali-borosilicate glass, alkali-aluminoborosilicate glass, alkali-boron glass, alkali-germanate glass, and alkali-borogermanate glass; a polymer interlayer disposed between the bent glass substrate and the glass veneer sheet, wherein the polymer interlayer is made from material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl butryal, ionoplast, ethyl vinyl acetate, Thermoplastic polyurethane, polycarbonate, urethane, cast-in-place curable resins; said glass veneer sheet being laminated by the polymer interlayer to at least one of said convex or concave surfaces of the bent glass substrate; wherein the polymer interlayer provides a permanent bond between the cold-bent glass veneer sheet and the thicker bent glass substrate; and, wherein the glass veneer sheet is cold-bent to conform to the shape of the bent glass substrate and comprises first perimeter edges smaller than second perimeter edges (37, 59, 68) of the bent glass substrate; wherein said first perimeter edges of the glass veneer sheet align with the tapered edges of the polymer interlayer and beveled edges (44; 57, 58; 61, 63) of the bent glass substrate, and wherein the residual stress within the fully-tempered bent glass substrate is safely encapsulated on a major surface by the polymer interlayer and glass veneer sheet.