Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio across the Arno, built in 1345. Along the top of the bridge is the Corridio Vasariano, constructed in 1565 to enable the Medicis to walk between the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. View from Galleria degli Uffizi. Historic Centre of Florence. UNESCO World Heritage. Inscribed in 1982. "The Ponte Vecchio, which is said to have existed as early as the Roman period, and was finally rebuilt, after its repeated demolition, by Taddeo Gaddi in 1345, consists of three arches ... The quaint and picturesque Ponte Vecchio over which the covered passage is carried, forms the most direct communication between the Piazza della Signoria, with the Uffizi, and the Palazzo Pitti. The bridge is flanked with shops, which have belonged to the goldsmiths since the 14th century".--Baedeker 1906. DSC_0277