Ponte Vecchio is a medieval bridge over the River Arno. Indeed, it is much more than a bridge - this street markets, as well as a milestone in Florence, Italy.
Ponte Vecchio that we know today, was in 1345 by Taddeo Gaddi after more than age was destroyed in the floods. To finance the bridge, many along the street were rented to traders, especially butchers and tanners to Hok their products.
In 1565, Duke Cosimo I de Medici ordered the architect Giorgio Vasari described the construction of the roof of the corridor. Shortly thereafter, jewelers, silversmiths and traders of luxury prompted butcher of the Ponte Vecchio. Centuries of random additions gave the bridge of the distinctive, irregular appearance today.
During World War II, companies, many of the floods, the bridges facing the most serious threat: German bombers were to blow up a bridge in Florence. There is a direct order from Hitler that spared Ponte Vecchio from certain destruction.
This suggests that the word “bankruptcy” came from Ponte Vecchio. If the trader does not pay its debts, the table (the “Bank”) to sell its product has been broken ( “art”) by soldiers. You do not have images ( “bancorotto”), means that the seller is in bankruptcy.
