The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") in Florence – Smarthistory
Archaeological discoveries on the northern and southern riverbanks, dated circa 125 C.E., suggest that the first masonry version of the Ponte Vecchio may have been built during antiquity, when Florence was a Roman colony. Before construction of Florence's other central bridges an earlier medieval version of the Ponte Vecchio (date unknown) was the only permanent link between the civic center ...
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