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Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge)

Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio (the Old Bridge), bridge called also The City of Goldsmiths - is the famous bridge over the River Arno, known as the oldest stone bridge in Europe. It was built on the foundations of the ancient Roman bridge and the bridge medieval, which was destroyed around the year 1000. It was built according to the design Taddeo Gaddiego or (by others) Neri di Fioravanti - he was the official artist of the city. The bridge was built between 1335 and 1345. It has 84 meters in length and 3.9 - 4.4 meters high. Initially, access to the bridge defended the 4 towers. In the cloisters of their stores they had different traders. In the sixteenth century because of dirt they are thrown away butchers and others, only goldsmiths and jewelers were reign here today. During the Second World War as the only bridge of Florence it was not blown up, although it was already mined. In the center of the bridge open on both sides of the panoramic arcades in the River Arno. The upper part of the bridge Corridoio Vassariano the corridor linking the Palazzo Pitti with the Galleria degli Uffizi gallery.

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