Travel Reference
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Eating
29 Gustapanino
C2
30 Gustapizza
C2
31 Il Magazzino
D1
32 La Casalinga
C2
33 Tamerò
C2
34 Trattoria 4 Leoni
D2
Drinking & Nightlife
35 Dolce Vita
A1
36 Le Volpi e l'Uva
E2
37 Open Bar
E1
38 Vivanda
B1
39 Volume
C2
40 Zoé
H3
Shopping
41 Alessandro Dari
H3
42 Casini Firenze
D2
43 Giulio Giannini e Figlio
D2
44 Lorenzo Villoresi
G3
45 Madova
E1
Ponte Vecchio
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The first documentation of a stone bridge here, at the narrowest crossing point along the
entire length of the Arno, dates from 972. The Arno looks placid enough, but when it gets
mean, it gets very mean. Floods in 1177 and 1333 destroyed the bridge, and in 1966 it
came close to being destroyed again. Many of the jewellers with shops on the bridge were
convinced the floodwaters would sweep away their livelihoods; fortunately the bridge
held.
They're still here. Indeed, the bridge has twinkled with the glittering wares of jewellers,
their trade often passed down from generation to generation, ever since the 16th century,
BRIDGE
 
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