The Ponte Vecchio leads you across the Arno River past jewelry and souvenir shops, and other tempting trinkets. It is unique because it is the oldest surviving bridge in Florence. It once housed blacksmith, butchers, and tanners who saw the river below as a convenient sewer. By the end of the Renaissance they were evicted and goldsmith´s and other artisans moved in. Fortunately this is the only bridge in Florence that survived W.W.II.

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