Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio

The history of the Old Bridge in Florence

dates back to Roman times when it was the ancient Via Cassia to cross the River Arno. That was in the year 120 but this passage, the one at the time, was constantly inundated by the floods of the Arno and persistently remodeled. Only in 1345 a reconstruction is more reliable was done, which is based on the current Ponte Vecchio that is now a major landmark in Florence. Since then the bridge housed tents, artisan shops, tanners and fish vendors. In the sixteenth century, Vasari completed construction of the eastern corridor connecting the Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti. The poor conditions and the stench of businesses that proliferated on the Ponte Vecchio, forced traders present there out there and could only carry out activities “clean”, the business of the bridge began to be gold and gemstones something that endures to this day, being also known as bridge goldsmith. Hotels in Florence

Where is Ponte Vecchio on map of Florence

Where is Ponte Vecchio on Map of Florence