Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . PONTE VECCHIO. the yellow Arno ; the finest of them, the Ponte della Tnnitd, is built of sandstone andmarble, and forms in its entirety one long, graceful curve from shore to shore, with whichthe smaller curves of the arches harmonize admirably. A very different aspect ispresented by the Ponte Vecc/uo, an ancient bridge with houses and shops on it, whichcarries across the river a large part of the citys traffic ; and this is not inconsiderable, forFlorence has now a population of nearly a hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants. Seenfrom this bridge the shore
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . PONTE VECCHIO. the yellow Arno ; the finest of them, the Ponte della Tnnitd, is built of sandstone andmarble, and forms in its entirety one long, graceful curve from shore to shore, with whichthe smaller curves of the arches harmonize admirably. A very different aspect ispresented by the Ponte Vecc/uo, an ancient bridge with houses and shops on it, whichcarries across the river a large part of the citys traffic ; and this is not inconsiderable, forFlorence has now a population of nearly a hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants. Seenfrom this bridge the shores of the Arno on each side present a series of lofty, irregularbuildings, many of them with open loggie on the roofs, and some of the more ancientbearing towers : whilst in the distant background rise olive-covered hills sprinkled overwith churches, villas, and ancient convents shaded by tall cypresses. A short distance above the Ponte Vecchio, we turn to the left and find ourselves in. OF THE university of Illinois FLORENCE. 159 front of the Uffizi, the buildings of which enclose a narrow oblong space opening, at itsupper end, on to the Piazza della Signoria. Outside the arcade, which extends along thewhole length of the ground floor, are niches at regular intervals, and in these niches standmarble statues of the most famous Tuscans. Here are Andrea Orcagna, Nicolo Pisano,Giotto, Donatello, Leon Battista Alberti, Lionardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Dante,Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ferrucci, Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Amerigo Vespucci, Galileo,
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