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Ponte a Santa Trinità

bridge, Florence, Italy

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design by Ammannati

  • “Doris,” detail from the “Fountain of Neptune,” executed from Bartolommeo Ammannati's model by Andrea Calamech, 1563–75; in Piazza della Signoria, Florence
    In Bartolommeo Ammannati

    …Florence are the Bridge of Santa Trinità (1567–69; destroyed 1944, rebuilt 1958), which contains elliptical arches, and the Fountain of Neptune (1567–70); the latter, in the Piazza della Signoria, features a colossal marble statue of that deity. In his old age Ammannati was strongly influenced by the Counter-Reformation philosophy of…

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  • the Duomo
    In Florence: City layout

    …bridge to the palace, the Santa Trinità Bridge (1567–69; restored).

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  • Seto Great Bridge
    In bridge: Stone arch bridges

    Ammannati’s elegant Santa Trinità Bridge (1569) in Florence, with two elliptical arches, carried pedestrians and later automobiles until it was destroyed during World War II; it was afterward rebuilt with many of the original materials recovered from the riverbed.

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