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The oldest and most famous bridge across the Arno, the Ponte Vecchio we know today was built in 1345 by Taddeo Gaddi to replace an earlier version. The characteristic overhanging shops have lined the bridge since at least the 12th century. In the 16th century, it was home to butchers until Cosimo I moved into the Palazzo Pitti across the river. He couldn’t stand the stench as he crossed the bridge from on high in the Corridorio Vasariano every day, so he evicted the meat cutters and moved in the classier gold- and silversmiths, tradesmen who occupy the bridge to this day.

——-Frommers.com

The oldest and most famous bridge across the Arno, the Ponte Vecchio we know today was built in 1345 by Taddeo Gaddi to replace an earlier version. The characteristic overhanging shops have lined the bridge since at least the 12th century. In the 16th century, it was home to butchers until Cosimo I moved into the Palazzo Pitti across the river. He couldn’t stand the stench as he crossed the bridge from on high in the Corridorio Vasariano every day, so he evicted the meat cutters and moved in the classier gold- and silversmiths, tradesmen who occupy the bridge to this day.

——-Frommers.com

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Celebrating the Festival of Gioco di Calcio: First, divide the city into its traditional neighborhoods, cover Piazza Santa Croce with dirt, and don Renaissance costumes. Next, combine two parts soccer, one part rugby, one part football, and a heaping helping of ice-hockey attitude. This game, in which a few dozen men forget all the rules as they do anything they can to score goals, makes regular soccer look like croquet on Quaaludes. Give the winners a whole calf to roast in the streets and write it all off in honor of St. John the Baptist.

– Frommer.com

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San Lorenzo Market

San Lorenzo Market

Scarves at the San Lorenzo Market.
photo by Jason Schlosberg.

Scarves at the San Lorenzo Market.

photo by Jason Schlosberg.

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A merry-go-round in Cathedral Square. =)

A merry-go-round in Cathedral Square. =)

(Source: mygola.com)

weareavantgarde:

Zed1 in Florence

weareavantgarde:

Zed1 in Florence

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cassagram:

Ponte Vecchio.

Ponte Vecchio.

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The oldest and most famous bridge across the Arno, the Ponte Vecchio we know today was built in 1345 by Taddeo Gaddi to replace an earlier version. The characteristic overhanging shops have lined the bridge since at least the 12th century. In the 16th century, it was home to butchers until Cosimo I moved into the Palazzo Pitti across the river. He couldn’t stand the stench as he crossed the bridge from on high in the Corridorio Vasariano every day, so he evicted the meat cutters and moved in the classier gold- and silversmiths, tradesmen who occupy the bridge to this day.

——-Frommers.com

The oldest and most famous bridge across the Arno, the Ponte Vecchio we know today was built in 1345 by Taddeo Gaddi to replace an earlier version. The characteristic overhanging shops have lined the bridge since at least the 12th century. In the 16th century, it was home to butchers until Cosimo I moved into the Palazzo Pitti across the river. He couldn’t stand the stench as he crossed the bridge from on high in the Corridorio Vasariano every day, so he evicted the meat cutters and moved in the classier gold- and silversmiths, tradesmen who occupy the bridge to this day.

——-Frommers.com

(Source: frommers.com)

Celebrating the Festival of Gioco di Calcio: First, divide the city into its traditional neighborhoods, cover Piazza Santa Croce with dirt, and don Renaissance costumes. Next, combine two parts soccer, one part rugby, one part football, and a heaping helping of ice-hockey attitude. This game, in which a few dozen men forget all the rules as they do anything they can to score goals, makes regular soccer look like croquet on Quaaludes. Give the winners a whole calf to roast in the streets and write it all off in honor of St. John the Baptist.

– Frommer.com

(Source: frommers.com)

Europe in Ten Days--look at Italy!

San Lorenzo Market

San Lorenzo Market

Scarves at the San Lorenzo Market.
photo by Jason Schlosberg.

Scarves at the San Lorenzo Market.

photo by Jason Schlosberg.

A merry-go-round in Cathedral Square. =)

A merry-go-round in Cathedral Square. =)

(Source: mygola.com)

weareavantgarde:

Zed1 in Florence

weareavantgarde:

Zed1 in Florence

cassagram:

Ponte Vecchio.

Ponte Vecchio.

(Source: samueles)

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