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🌉The history of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence is one of the most fascinating and rich in anecdotes among Italian architectural structures.
The first Ponte Vecchio was built of wood around 996 AD.
under the reign of Otto III.
It was a modest but essential structure to connect the two banks of the Arno.
In 1117, a flood destroyed the bridge, leading to its reconstruction in stone in 1220. After a new flood in 1333, Taddeo Gaddi, a pupil of Giotto, oversaw the reconstruction of the bridge...
The first Ponte Vecchio was built of wood around 996 AD.
under the reign of Otto III.
It was a modest but essential structure to connect the two banks of the Arno.
In 1117, a flood destroyed the bridge, leading to its reconstruction in stone in 1220. After a new flood in 1333, Taddeo Gaddi, a pupil of Giotto, oversaw the reconstruction of the bridge...
