Ponte Vecchio
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 | Ponte Vecchio |
| Designer | Taddeo Gaddi |
| Location | Florence, Italy |
| Date | 1345 to 1564 |
| Building Type | bridge and shops |
| Construction System | stone bearing masonry, stone arches |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban river |
| Architectural Style | Italian Medieval Vernacular |
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| Notes | Inhabited urban bridge across the Arno. three great segmented arches on massive piers, with arches above. The corridor above the shops is by Vasari |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Ponte_Vecchio.html |
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- Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. discussion, p757. photo, fig B, p756.
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- "Special Issue - Gallery of Bridges" by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 368, 2008.0213, p D1.1.
