Since then the bridges have been restored to their original forms using as many of the remaining materials as possible, but the buildings surrounding the Ponte Vecchio have been rebuilt in a style combining the old with modern design.

" Vecchio " is the Italian word for " old " ( as used in Ponte Vecchio, meaning " old bridge ").

In Galicia, Latin pons, a masculine word, became feminine, hence Vulgar Latin Ponte Vetera, which became by the 13th century the modern Galician language toponymy Pontevedra, " the old bridge ", in reference to an old Roman bridge across the Lérez river.

In August 1988, Carlos Paião died in a car accident on N1 Road (" old " road Lisbon-Oporto ) in Ponte Amieira, near Rio Maior, Santarém district, while returning from a concert.

Wilkeson was found dead on July 27, 2001, in a Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, hotel room ; he was 49 years old.

It crosses Florence, where it passes below the Ponte Vecchio and the Santa Trìnita bridge ( built by Bartolomeo Ammanati, but inspired by Michelangelo ).

He was then employed in 1569 to build the beautiful bridge over the Arno, known as Ponte Santa Trinita and one of his most celebrated works.

The Sistine Chapel was sponsored by Sixtus IV, as was the Ponte Sisto, the Sistine Bridge – the first new bridge across the Tiber since antiquity – and the building of Via Sistina ( later named Borgo Sant ' Angelo ), a road leading from Castel Sant ' Angelo to Saint Peter.

Ponte Sisto, the first bridge built at Rome since Antiquity

Aerial view of Venice including the Ponte della Libertà bridge to the mainland

In 2011 the city opened Ponte della Costituzione, the fourth bridge across the Grand Canal, connecting the Piazzale Roma bus terminal area with the Stazione Ferroviaria ( train station ), the others being the original Ponte di Rialto, the Ponte dell ' Accademia, and the Ponte degli Scalzi.

Cars can reach the car / bus terminal via the Ponte della Libertà bridge that comes in from the northwest from Mestre.

* Construction of the Ponte della Maddalena bridge in the Province of Lucca, Italy begins in 1080.

Maxentius chose to make his stand in front of the Milvian Bridge, a stone bridge that carries the Via Flaminia road across the Tiber River into Rome ( the bridge stands today at the same site, somewhat remodelled, named in Italian Ponte Milvio or sometimes Ponte Molle, soft bridge ).

* The Ponte San Lorenzo, a Roman bridge largely underground, along with the ancient Ponte Molino, Ponte Altinate, Ponte Corvo and Ponte S. Matteo

The segmental arch was first built by the Romans who realized that an arch in a bridge did not have to be a semicircle, such as in Alconétar Bridge or Ponte San Lorenzo.

In 1999, in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Bologna Process, the Italian university system switched from the old system ( vecchio ordinamento, which led to the traditional 5-year Laurea degree, or, in some cases, to a 4-year Laurea degree ), to the new system ( nuovo ordinamento ).

The old and fascinating buildings of Via dell ' Università and Via del Lazzaretto vecchio, in the heart of the city near the seafront, house the Faculty of Humanities and Philosophy, whereas the Faculty of Education is situated on the hill of San Vito.

The Campo Santo, also known as camposanto monumentale (" monumental cemetery ") or camposanto vecchio (" old cemetery "), lies at the northern edge of the Square.

Tuscany was divided into two main administrative districts: the stato nuovo ( the new state ) consisting of the former Republic of Siena, and the stato vecchio ( the old state ), the old Republic of Florence and her dependencies.

In 1999, in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Bologna Process, the Italian university system switched from the old system ( vecchio ordinamento, which led to the traditional 5-year Laurea degree ), to the new system ( nuovo ordinamento ).

If the wine is labeled vecchio ( meaning " old ") it will have been aged for least three years with wines labeled riserva being aged for at least five years, two of which must be in wood.

Sturdy and strong after more than a century of continuous use, the old covered, wooden bridge that spans the Tygartis Valley River at Philippi will have a distinctive part in the week-long observance of the first land battle of the Civil War at its home site, May 28th to June 3rd.

He was closely followed by the Ohio and Indiana troops -- thus the old bridge has another distinction ; ;

So frequently have pictures of the bridge appeared in books and in national publications that it vies with the old John Brown Fort at Harpers Ferry as the two nationally best known structures in West Virginia.

An old shipwreck, a high dam, an old covered bridge, a place to find agates or other semi-precious stones or a place to pan gold, etcetera may be of interest.

The area was just out of Sujikai-gomon city gate ( present Mansei bridge ) which was one of the city gates ( Mitsuke ) of old Edo ( Tokyo ).

They are important in military engineering, and are also used to carry traffic while an old bridge is being rebuilt.

In 1902 William Crossing wrote that he had been told by an old moorman that some of the granite blocks from the tomb's pedestal had also been used to make a clapper bridge across a stream flowing into the River Swincombe near the farm.

" As well, Alves found an old bridge to double for the " 69th St. Bridge ".

One view which attempts to bridge the differences holds that the Iliad was composed by " Homer " in his maturity, while the Odyssey was a work of his old age.

To the east, a bridge connected Manama to Muharraq since 1929, a new causeway was built in 1941 which replaced the old wooden bridge.

It derives its name from the old toll bridge ( adjacent to a naval saw mill ) across the creek between Eldad Hill and Molesworth Road, at one time the principal link between Plymouth and Devonport.

* 1993 – Stari most, the " old bridge " in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing.

This new bridge designed by Thomas Page had replaced the old bridge.

Scottish immigrants dominated the South Island and evolved ways to bridge the old homeland and the new.

Place Rossetti is in the centre of the old town, streets Jesus, Rossetti, Mascoïnat and the Pont-vieux ( old bridge )

Earth was removed by hand and packed into improvised sledges made from cracker boxes fitted with handles, and the floor, wall, and ceiling of the mine were shored up with timbers from an abandoned wood mill and even from tearing down an old bridge.

The old bridge was replaced by a reinforced concrete arch bridge in 1911.