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Key facts
- Crosses
- Arno
- Locale
- Florence , Italy
- Design
- Closed- spandrel segmental stone arch bridge
- Longest span
- 30 metres (98 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- footbridge
- Official name
- Ponte vecchio - Point Vieux
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Florence
- Continent
- Europe
- Location
- Florence
- Image
- Ponte Vecchio from Ponte alle Grazie.jpg
- Width
- 20
- Length
- 95
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- crosses
- Arno
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
- Commons gallery
- Ponte Vecchio
- longest span
- 30
- date of official opening
- 1345-00-00
- number of spans
- 3
- inception
- 1335-00-00
- carries thoroughfare
- Vasari Corridor
- name
- Ponte Vecchio
- Commons category
- Ponte Vecchio (Florence)
- next crossing upstream
- Ponte alle Grazie
- next crossing downstream
- Ponte Santa Trinita
- native label
- Ponte Vecchio
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ponte Vecchio ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; "Old Bridge") is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy. The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice. Butchers, tanners, and farmers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers, and souvenir sellers. The Ponte Vecchio's two neighbouring bridges are the Ponte Santa Trinita and the Ponte alle Grazie.
The bridge connects Via Por Santa Maria (Lungarno degli Acciaiuoli and Lungarno degli Archibusieri) to Via de' Guicciardini (Borgo San Jacopo and Via de' Bardi).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ponte Vecchio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.