. Florence and her treasures. f the bridge isa fountain and a bronze statue of Bacchus, occupying thesite of the old pagan equestrian statue of Mars, so belovedof the early Florentines, which was swept away in thegreat flood of 1333. It was before this figure of Marsthat the young Buondelmonte was struck down by theAmadei and Lamberti in 1215. Above the tiny housesof the jewellers runs the great corridor that Vasari builtin 1564 for Cosimo I in order to connect the Pitti andUffizi Palaces. The Ponte Santa Trinita was first erected in the four-teenth century, but after having been injured sever
. Florence and her treasures. f the bridge isa fountain and a bronze statue of Bacchus, occupying thesite of the old pagan equestrian statue of Mars, so belovedof the early Florentines, which was swept away in thegreat flood of 1333. It was before this figure of Marsthat the young Buondelmonte was struck down by theAmadei and Lamberti in 1215. Above the tiny housesof the jewellers runs the great corridor that Vasari builtin 1564 for Cosimo I in order to connect the Pitti andUffizi Palaces. The Ponte Santa Trinita was first erected in the four-teenth century, but after having been injured severaltimes by the force of the floods, the old bridge by TaddeoGaddi was finally swept away bodily in 1557, whenCosimo I commissioned Bartolommeo Ammanati tobuild the existing structure, which is a singularly gracefulone with three broad, gently curving arches. It is adornedwith statues of the Four Seasons by Caccini and otherartists, which were placed here in 1608 to commemoratethe wedding of Maria-Maddalena of Austria with the.
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