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The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
Leaving the Ponte Vecchio, the corridor then wraps round a medieval tower, through the eaves of a church, and out into the Boboli Gardens, beside the Grotta del Buontalenti, a 16th-century water ...
1345 – Ponte Vecchio rebuilt. 1348 – Black Death plague. [3] 1353 – Public clock installed in Palazzo Vecchio tower. [6] 1355 – Chiesa di Santa Maria del Fiore a Lapo (church) built. 1360 – Cathedral Campanile built. [7] 1375 – War of the Eight Saints; 1377 – Medici in power. [4] 1382 – Loggia dei Lanzi built.
The Tower or Torre dei Rossi-Cerchi is a reconstructed medieval tower, now part of the B&B Hotel Pitti Palace al Ponte Vecchio, located on Via Guicciardini, corner Borgo San Jacopo, in the Oltrarno district near the entrance to the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
In the seven centuries since the Ponte Vecchio was first built in Florence, Italy, the bridge has watched the city changing around it, surviving floods, fires and the Nazi invasion in World War II.
Corridoio Vasariano and the Torre dei Mannelli. The Torre dei Mannelli is a small tower on the southeast corner of the Ponte Vecchio bridge in Florence, Italy.It is the only survivor of the four towers that once defended each corner of the bridge.
The meat market of Ponte Vecchio was moved to avoid its smell reaching into the passage, and its place taken by the goldsmith shops that still occupy the bridge. At the latter extremity, the corridor was forced to pass around the Mannelli Tower, after the staunch opposition of that family to its destruction.
Palazzo Vecchio by night. The Palazzo Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [paˈlattso ˈvɛkkjo] "Old Palace") is the town hall of Florence, Italy.It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.