In 1565, a simple, elegant hallway was built atop Ponte Vecchio (or the Old Bridge) in Florence. The passage was restricted ...

Now, it’s reopening to the public Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent In 1565, a simple, elegant hallway was built atop Ponte Vecchio (or the Old Bridge) in Florence. The passage was restricted ...

Much like London's Tower Bridge, the Ponte Vecchio was built to replace an earlier bridge ... The Ponte Vecchio traverses the Arno River near central Florence. Throughout its history, it has ...

Florence, Italy CNN — It was built as a secret passageway for the elite of Florence to pass ... As crowds form a logjam along the Ponte Vecchio — Florence’s famous, shop-fringed medieval bridge — ...

The 1km-elevated passageway was built by the architect Giorgio Vasari for Cosimo I de’ Medici, the second Duke of Florence, in 1565. “The Medici family used it to reach Palazzo Vecchio from ...

snakes its way through central Florence, passing over the Arno River via the Ponte Vecchio bridge, one of the city's landmarks. The Uffizi museum, which manages the corridor and oversaw ...

snakes its way through central Florence, passing over the Arno river via the Ponte Vecchio bridge, one of the city’s landmarks. The Uffizi museum, which manages the corridor and oversaw ...

The Vasari Corridor, named after Giorgio Vasari, the 16th century architect, painter and art historian who designed it, snakes its way through central Florence, passing over the Arno river via the ...