3781 x 2521 px | 32 x 21,3 cm | 12,6 x 8,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
5 juin 2011
Lieu:
Vasari corridor, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
Informations supplémentaires:
This image shows the Ponte Vecchio through the barred windows of the Vasari Corridor in Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, Italy. The Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) is a Medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy. The Ponte Vecchio is famous for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. The Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano) is an elevated enclosed passageway which connects the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti. Beginning on the south side of the Palazzo Vecchio, it then joins the Uffizi Gallery and leaves on its south side, crossing Lungarno dei Archibusieri and then following the north bank of the River Arno until it crosses the Ponte Vecchio. At the time of construction the Torre dei Mannelli had to be built around using brackets because the owners of the tower refused to alter it. The corridor covers up part of the façade of the chiesa di Santa Felicita. The corridor then snakes its way over rows of houses in the Oltrarno district, becoming narrower, to finally join the Palazzo Pitti.
