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“Watching”, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Palazzo Ottaviani, Piazza degli Ottaviani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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
River Arno Eastwards from Ponte Alla Carriai, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Ponte Santa Trinita & Ponte Vecchio, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Lungarno Guicciardini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Coat of Arms, Lungarno Guicciardini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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
Street Shrine, Corner Borgo San Jacopo, Via del Presto di San Martino & Via Santo Spirito, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fontana dello Sprone, Cnr Via Dello Sprone & Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Flower Pot, Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Torre dei Belfredelli, Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Costa Del Pozzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazza Di Santa Maria Soprarno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Costa dei Magnoli, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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
Small Access Door, Cantina Capponi, Via de’ Bardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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
Church of San Niccolò Sopr’Arno, Via di San Niccolò, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Porta San Miniato, Via San Miniato, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Cappella Pazzi, Largo Piero Bargellini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Bell Tower, San Niccolò Oltrarno, Via San Niccolò, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Via dei Bastioni, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Porta San Niccolò, Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
14th Century City Gate
Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Rampe dei Poggi, Viale Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Viale Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Pathway to Giardino delle Rose, Oltrarno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Stele “Sole per Galileo Galilei”, Piazza Poggi, Lungarno Serristori, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Gate in the Riverbank, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Weir, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Weir & Spillway, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Riverside to Ponte alle Grazie, Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Via del Ronco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Riverside Steps, Ponte San Niccolò, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Torre della Zecca Vecchia, Piazza Piave, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Piazza dei Cavalleggeri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
National Library of Florence
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.
Basilica di Santa Croce a Firenze, Piazza di Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazza Santa Croce Fountain, Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Via delle Burella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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.
Street Signs, Florence, Via del Proconsolo, Piazza di San Firenze, Tuscany, Italy
“Ero Nudo E Mi Avete Vestito”, Sculpture, Palazzo del Bargello, Via del Proconsolo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
“I was naked and you clothed me”
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
4659 Via de’ Cerretani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
