The Ponte Vecchio, a beautiful centuries-old bridge spanning the Arno River in the Italian city of Florence, is best viewed on foot, with crowds of tourists regularly thronging the pedestrianized ...

Ever since it was rebuilt in 1345, Italy’s Ponte Vecchio bridge has endured many hardships. Over the course of hundreds of years, it survived Adolph Hitler’s retreating Nazi army during World ...

It was built in 1565, in just a few months, to allow Florence's rulers to move freely between their home and Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of government, passing also through the Uffizi Galleries.

The back shops (retrobotteghe) that may be seen from upriver, were added in the seventeenth century....During World War II, the Ponte Vecchio was not destroyed by Germans during their retreat on the ...