Much like London's Tower Bridge, the Ponte Vecchio was built to replace an earlier bridge. Once dominated by butchers, fishmongers and bakers, the original bridge was washed away during a flood in ...

Florence's "Old Bridge" - in Italian "Ponte Vecchio" - is a medieval stone closed ... today it is made up of jewellers, art dealers and souvenir shops. This change is said to have occurred in ...

One city that happens to have its fair share of both art and religious sites is Florence ... practically down the street from the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge. The site dates back all the way ...