One of Italy's most well-known bridges that has survived allied bombs, devastating floods and 700 years of visitors is set for a makeover. With the Arno river flowing below, the Ponte Vecchio in ...

In the seven centuries since the Ponte Vecchio was first built in Florence, Italy, the bridge has watched the city changing around it, surviving floods, fires and the Nazi invasion in World War II.

Ponte Vecchio has spanned the narrowest point of the River Arno in Florence for almost 700 years and is one of Europe's prettiest with its parade of shops. Florence’s “Old Bridge” - in Italian “Ponte ...