A second post on this bridge...
The Ponte Vecchio’s fame saved it in 1944 from the nazis, who had orders to blow up all the bridges before retreating out of Florence. They couldn’t bring themselves to reduce this span to rubble - so they blew up the ancient buildings on either end of the bridge to block it off instead...
Amazing... a bridge with shops. Beautiful and quaint. And the title for this post suited the story very well.
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