Vasari designed the corridor above the shops, while in 1345 Taddeo Gaddi  designed its main structure, consisting of three great arches on massive  piers.  
In the Puccini opera "Gianni Schicchi," Lauretta threatens to hurl  herself off of this structure if she is not allowed to marry Rinnuccio.  Vasari designed the corridor above the shops, while in 1345 Taddeo Gaddi  designed its main structure, consisting of three great arches on massive  piers.  Albert Kesselring, the Nazi commander in Italy, thought it was so  beautiful that he did not have the heart to blow it up. FTP, name this bridge
In the Puccini opera "Gianni Schicchi," Lauretta threatens to hurl  herself off of this structure if she is not allowed to marry Rinnuccio.  
Ponte Vecchio