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Travelogue: By Country | By Date Italy | January 2001  

 

Ponte Vecchio built in 1345. It was the only bridge not destoryed by the Germans. First segmental arch bridge built in the West. The upper gallery was built in 1564 by Cosimo Medeci to connect palaces, keeping the riff raff away from the art loving nobles.

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