Month: November 2020

“Watching”, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Palazzo Ottaviani, Piazza degli Ottaviani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Ponte alla Carraia, Arno River, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

The first mention of the bridge (then built in wood) dates from 1218. Destroyed by a flood in 1274, it was soon reconstructed, but fell down again in 1304 under the weight of a crowd who had met to watch a spectacle. It was the first bridge in the city rebuilt after the 1333 flood, perhaps under design of Giotto. Again damaged in 1557, it was remade by will of Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, who assigned the project to Bartolomeo Ammannati.

Enlarged during the 19th century, the bridge was blown up by the retreating German Army during World War II (1944). The current structure is a design by Ettore Fagiuoli, completed in 1948.
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Chiesa di San Frediano in Cestello, Via di Cestello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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River Arno Eastwards from Ponte Alla Carriai, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Ponte Santa Trinita & Ponte Vecchio, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Street Lamp, Lungarno Guicciardini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Coat of Arms, Lungarno Guicciardini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Ponte Santa Trinita, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

The Ponte Santa Trìnita is the oldest elliptic arch bridge in the world, characterised by three flattened ellipses.

The bridge was constructed by the Florentine architect Bartolomeo Ammannati from 1567 to 1569. Its site, downstream of the Ponte Vecchio, is a major link in the medieval street plan of Florence, which has been bridged at this site since the 13th century. The wooden bridge of 1252 was swept away in a flood seven years later and was rebuilt in stone; this structure was in turn destroyed by a flood in 1333. The bridge of five arches constructed by Taddeo Gaddi was also destroyed in the flood of 1557, which occasioned Ammannati’s replacement. Four ornamental statues of the Seasons were added to the bridge in 1608, as part of the wedding celebrations of Cosimo II de’ Medici with Maria Magdalena of Austria

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Street Shrine, Corner Borgo San Jacopo, Via del Presto di San Martino & Via Santo Spirito, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Fontana dello Sprone, Cnr Via Dello Sprone & Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Flower Pot, Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Torre dei Belfredelli, Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Costa Del Pozzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Piazza Di Santa Maria Soprarno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Costa dei Magnoli, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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San Giovanni Battista (John the Baptist), Via de’ Bardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA

OPERA DI GIULIANO VANGI

donata alla cittá dall’ente
cassa di risparmio di firenze
1796-1996

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Small Access Door, Cantina Capponi, Via de’ Bardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Memorial to St Francis of Assisi, Via de’ Bardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Qui Giunse Nel 1211 Per La Prima Volta a Firenze San Francesco d’Assisi

Here, in 1211, San Francesco d’Assisi arrived in Florence for the first time

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Church of San Niccolò Sopr’Arno, Via di San Niccolò, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Porta San Miniato, Via San Miniato, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Cappella Pazzi, Largo Piero Bargellini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Bell Tower, San Niccolò Oltrarno, Via San Niccolò, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Street Lamp, Via dei Bastioni, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Porta San Niccolò, Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

14th Century City Gate

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Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Rampe dei Poggi, Viale Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Street Lamp, Viale Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Pathway to Giardino delle Rose, Oltrarno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Stele “Sole per Galileo Galilei”, Piazza Poggi, Lungarno Serristori, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Gate in the Riverbank, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Weir, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Weir & Spillway, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Riverside to Ponte alle Grazie, Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Street Lamp, Via del Ronco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Riverside Steps, Ponte San Niccolò, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Torre della Zecca Vecchia, Piazza Piave, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Piazza dei Cavalleggeri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

National Library of Florence

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Monument to Dante Alighieri. Piazza di Santa Croce, Largo Piero Bargellini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Dante Alighieri, probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to simply as Dante, was an Italian poet.

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Basilica di Santa Croce a Firenze, Piazza di Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Piazza Santa Croce Fountain, Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Via delle Burella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Palazzo del Bargello Doorway, Via della Vigna Vecchia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo, is a former barracks and prison, now an art museum.

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Street Signs, Florence, Via del Proconsolo, Piazza di San Firenze, Tuscany, Italy

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“Ero Nudo E Mi Avete Vestito”, Sculpture, Palazzo del Bargello, Via del Proconsolo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

“I was naked and you clothed me”

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Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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4659 Via de’ Cerretani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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