Ponte San Niccolò marks the eastern edge of central Florence. Discover its unusual history, from a 19th-century suspension bridge to destruction in 1944 and post-war reconstruction. […]
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Ponte alla Carraia has connected Florence across the Arno for centuries. Discover its medieval origins, Renaissance transformation, wartime destruction and reconstruction. […]
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Ponte alle Grazie has crossed the Arno for centuries. Discover its medieval origins as Ponte Rubaconte, its remarkable lost structures, wartime destruction and modern reconstruction. […]
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Ponte Santa Trinita is one of Florence’s most elegant Renaissance landmarks. Discover Ammannati’s extraordinary bridge, its four seasons statues, destruction in 1944 and painstaking post-war reconstruction. […]
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The National Archaeological Museum Florence reveals a world far older than the Renaissance. Discover Etruscan masterpieces, Ancient Egyptian treasures and important Greek and Roman antiquities in the historic Palazzo della Crocetta. […]
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Florence and the Islamic world were connected by trade, art and cultural exchange. Discover how textiles, luxury goods, merchants and artistic ideas linked Renaissance Florence with the wider Mediterranean. […]
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