Highlight photos - Florence

I figured I would highlight two pictures each day (or so) on a destination.  Hard to make the choice but here are the two I have chosen for Florence. 

The Ponte Vecchio  is a medieval bridge over the Arno River and an iconic landmark of Florence, Italy.

See the windows along the top?  That is Vasari's Corridor - one segment of a long, enclosed and elevated corridor that allowed Cosomo Medici get between important points in the city without having to navigate the public streets.

The Ponte Vecchio always had shops which lined it, but in Cosomo's time it was butchers.  They would toss rotting meat into the Arno River.  This stunk.  Cosomo banned it and gold and silver merchants replaced butchers.  This tradition of shop keepers continues to this day.

Love that I caught those two young people running along the banks of the Arno and enjoying their city!

Also depicted is the facade of Florence's main Cathedral - this is a picture of the duomo (dome) and Bell Tower.  The official name of the cathedral is Santa Maria del Fiore.  

The Dome is a masterpiece of Brunelleschi and it still dominates the skyline of Florence.


Enjoy.

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