Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence Italy #2
by Rick Rosenshein
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Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence Italy #2
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Rick Rosenshein
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Photograph - Photography
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Ponte Vecchio is the oldest bridge in Florence, Italy and one of the oldest bridges in Europe and in the world. It crosses the Arno river at its narrowest point within the city, and a series of bridges – of which this the fifth – have stood on or around this spot since the days of the Ancient Romans. The current bridge was finished by 1350, built after a catastrophic flood in 1333 carried away its predecessor. It is best known today for the wooden-shuttered goldsmiths’ shops that line both sides of it, and for the Vasari Corridor that runs over it (a private aerial walkway built in 1561 so the Medici family could move between the Palazzo Pitti and the Palazzo Vecchio, safe from risk of assassination in the streets below).
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March 9th, 2018
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