Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio is the oldest and most famous bridge in Florence, Italy, and is considered the oldest stone arch bridge in Europe, although many of the older parts. Actually built out of wood until it was destroyed by a flood in 1333, and twelve years later the bridge was rebuilt using stone.
Famous for its many shops, the bridge is also home to everybody starts traders and butchers of the Middle Ages until the gift shop and selling artwork.


Until 1218, the Ponte Vecchio is the only bridge across the Arno river flowing through Florence. At least two flood has taken out the Ponte Vecchio, but the existing bridges date back to 1345, when the reconstruction of the city of Florence for a second time. Ponte Vecchio survived World War II intact, and it is the only bridge in Florence not destroyed by the Nazis on August 4, 1944 they retreated from the Allied forces. Rather than destroy the Ponte Vecchio, the soldiers retreated to destroy buildings at both ends of the bridge, sealing it for traffic, but left him uninjured. Yet another flood, in 1966, failed to destroy one of the oldest bridges in Europe.

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