DSC00930a - Ponte Vecchio - FIRENZE FLORENCE FLORENZ

            The bridge spans the Arno at its narrowest point where a bridge was first built in Roman times The Roman piers were of stone, the superstructure of wood. The bridge first appears in a document of 996 After being destroyed by a flood in 1117 it was reconstructed in stone but swept away again in 1333 save two of its central piers  It was rebuilt in 1345 . The jewellers & art dealers replace since 1593, the smelly tanners & butchers shops
During World War II, the Ponte Vecchio was not destroyed by Germans during their retreat on the advance of the liberating British 8th Army on August 4, 1944, unlike all other bridges in Florence, due to the fact  the bridge being too narrow to enable tanks to cross (some say it was thanks to the good will of Hitler !)

Sa première construction en bois remonte à l'époque romaine. Détruit en 1333 par une crue, le pont est reconstruit en pierre en 1345. Ses boutiques étaient initialement occupées par des bouchers, des tripiers et des tanneurs, bientôt remplacées, en 1593, par la volonté de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis qui n'en supportait pas les odeurs fétides, par celles des joailliers et bijoutiers.
Contrairement à tous les autres ponts de Florence, le Ponte Vecchio échappa à la destruction le 4 août 1944, lors de l'avance de la 8ème armée britanique et !) la retraite des troupes allemandes : sa largeur, limitée, ne pouvait en effet livrer passage aux chars alliés (certains disent que, c'est grâce à l'intercession de Hitler, que le pont a survécu !!!)
   

Taken on: February 12, 2008

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