9.12.2009

Ponte Vecchio


Browsing through some old pictures from my trip to Europe in March, and I've found a bunch I meant to post but hadn't yet.

Ponte Vecchio, the bridge above, was saved from destruction during WWII by Hitler who, after visiting with Mussolini in Florence, deemed the bridge a piece of history that should not be destroyed. Ponte Vecchio was built by Medici in order to create a hallway that extended from his office in the Florence city center all the way to the Palazzo his wife had built on the opposite side of the river.

That's right. This bridge was a hallway. Makes my hallway seem kind of insignificant.

Pentax K200D
Pentax DA 18-55mm lens (@26mm)
f4
ISO 100
1/500 sec.