Thought

The bridge, the public square and the church of Trinita Saint with to via Tornabuoni, until some year make were the heart and the good drawing-room of Florence. Now it is nearly and only a beautifulst died road but and for the superficialità in which city is managed one. In this angle of "Paradise" there is a complexity of monuments and palaces in which a time the Fiorentinità was breathed, the alive history and the culture and push-button of every citizen and visitor. If it were not for some store of outcry total would be one sfacelo. All go on bridge stanta Trinita, nobody or nearly it enters in the basilica. Someone is up raised to see the statue of the fairness but who does not know itself ce has put it. Florence until some year makes was the city of the flowers, to every balcony something of bloomed, the held aiole and the garden to puntiglio, of other song is been born the garden to the Italian here, with to the art not only makes acceptance but it creates also it appeal to in walking while the look meets the details. Visit now passing itself nearly from a monument to the other in indifference and with the attention to a borseggio or to the narcotic offer that the evening clouds of persons makes five meters nearly you every.

History of the Bridge

As I said before Saint Public square Trinita and the basilica and the bridge, they are the heart of Florence, beauty and history are melted in a harmony that gives to the heart and to the spirit various meaning. Florence  is one of the little cities where to every step you questions: "but as much beauty is possible"?

The first one ponte omonimo was constructed in 1252 with a bequest of the Frescobaldi Family but it had short life. During a show on the river the weight of the crowd persons noticed in order to see it to you made to collapse. Florence had need of that bridge and was reconstructed in stone but one of recurrent alluviums of the river, if it carried it via in 1333. In the 1557 we were of accapo, other alluvium and the bridge of new all in Arno and had to be changed constructive criterion but above all to entrust itself to able persons also because that bridge would have had to carry out representation tasks.  From Roman Door it is arrived in fact to the bridge and from this to the city center. A lot in order to be understood, "the able persons" were two: the Bartolomeo Ammannati and the Buonarroti. The first one made the plan materially, the second probably suggested to a lot an evolution to it of the lines of rope already used in the construction of the Nails head of the Principles.

The bridge is leaned on of the appuntiti pillars that they avoid wise that the log capacities from alluviums is amassed and of they provoke the landslide. The elegance of the ropes gives to the bridge one light and inusuale line for a stone bridge. Finally in 1608, in occasion of the wedding of Cosimo II de' Doctors, were placed four statues to the angles of the bridge that represent the four seasons. The summer and the autumn are of Giovanni Caccini, while the spring and the winter of the Francavilla.

During the second world war, to the Passage of the forehead from the city all the bridges the less one (old bridge) were made to shine from the Germanic troops. In order to make to collapse it they had minarlo very to three times exausting every supply of present explosive in city. Of continuation, since the calculation of the rope of arches still had not been understood, it was reconstructed in armor and covered second the original aspect newly. Who of it does not know the history of it does not see sure the difference.

Saint public square Trinita - the column of the justice.

As soon as it is arrived to the public square, it jumps endured to the eyes a highest column with over one statue. This is the column coming from from the terme of Caracalla and donated to Florence from Pope Pio IV (Doctors) on which it was placed in the 1581 statue of the justice.

Saint public square Trinita - the basilica

The basilica of Trinita Saint (, to Florence writes and law without final accent), is one of most ancient and important than Florence even if not majestic like many successive others. The construction laughed them to XI the century from part of the Monaci Vallombrosani outside from the town-walls building of the age. Us it remained little and in 1172-75 it came included also she to the inside of the city. The basilica is in Romanesque, sobrio and austere style like the founding order. The pavement originates them was to mosaic and brought back designs of mythical and fantastic animals. It came reconstructed around to half dell 1200 and was the first gotica church of the city. E' uniform in three navate, separating from quadrangular thin columns. The bell tower is not external masi supports to a carrying wall and in order to approach to you it before must go up on the roof and then to go up steep scales.

Two important nails head to the inside, Strozzi and the Sassetti that are from seeing. You they can be admired frescoes of the Ghirlandaio, the Fabriano, the Passignano, Aretino Spinel, the Baldovinetti, the Bicci di Lorenzo and still of Giovanni from Bridge and Maso from Saint Friano. Moreover there are works of the Sangallo and the Lamberti (the tombe carved), one ceramics policroma of Of the Robbia. Some important works as the maestà of Cimabue has been moved (Uffizi or others to the Saint Mark).

Saint Public square Trinita - Palaces.