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Pretty high on most people´s `must see´ list,
the Pontevecchio is world famous for its jewelry shops - once upon a time
there were butchers´ shops, but the Medici evicted them all in 1593. It
was built to replace a 14th century wooden bridge that was destroyed by
flooding, and was the only bridge that was not mined when the Nazis retreated
in 1944 - they destroyed the streets on either side instead. The corridor
running over the top of the shops was built by Vasari to link the Palazzo
Pitti and the Palazzo
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