November 30, 2011

The bridges of Florence

I have to post some bridge-pics of Firenze, even if the light wasn't great this time of the day. Huge clouds made everything look sort of flat...
..anyway, here is THE brigade from far away...
..and here from close, in front of the surrounding hills: the Ponte Vecchio (everything is sort of 'Vecchio' :-)
On top of it runs an ancient corridor, connecting Palazzo Vecchio (!) and Palazzo Pitti, the rest are house with a shopfront, mainly goldsmiths.
And lots of tourists, of course..
..and the tourist entertainment industry as well..
View from the other side: the windows of the corridor right under the roof are visible from this side.