Ponte Vicchio

The butcher shops were considered an eysore on the bridge so they were replaced by goldsmiths.

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August 31st 2006
Rome - Florence (Train) 31 August - 1 September Remember when you were a child and were taken to the shoe store to buy your shoes for the start of school year? When you walked into the store it actually smelt like leather. The shoe store assistant would attentively measure up your foot on the cold metal board and determine your precise size by adjusting the sliding guide to t ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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