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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.

Pantheon (Pantheon Latin infrequently Pantheum , Pantheion from Greek, means “haven for all the gods”) is a building in Rome, which was originally built as a temple of the seven gods of the seven planets in the state religion of ancient Rome, but it was Christian Church from 7 century. This is the best preserved of all Roman buildings and the oldest building in the world with its original roof intact. He has been in continuous use throughout its history. Although the identity Pantheon chief architect remains uncertain, largely due to Apollodorus of Damascus.

In the 19 th century, Lord Byron named Venetian limestone bridge over the Rio di Palazzo connecting doge from prison for interrogation room in the main palace, Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri). Alleged that prisoners who sigh when they go out the window - with stone bars no less - to show their latest look at the beautiful Venice before imprisonment, torture or execution.

In fact, the doge from prison was a small time criminals. In addition, the bridge was built in 1600, Antonio Contino days after the Inquisition and execution. According to legend, when the lovers kiss on the gondola under the Bridge of Sighs at sunset, their love lasts forever.