{"id":97168065,"date":"2009-11-15T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/ponte-vecchio-in-florence-italy\/"},"modified":"2009-11-15T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T13:05:00","slug":"ponte-vecchio-in-florence-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/ponte-vecchio-in-florence-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\nWhen wandering through Florence, Italy, one must check out the Ponte Vecchio (which is Italian for &ldquo;Old Bridge&rdquo;). This Medieval bridge was built over the Arno River and is an extremely popular destination for locals and visitors. The Ponte Vecchio has seen a few setbacks since it was first constructed in 996. It was destroyed by a flood in 1117 and later rebuilt to only be knocked down again by flood waters in 1333.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThird time was the charm for the bridge, as it was restored yet again in 1345 and has been standing strong ever since. During World War 2 the Ponte Vecchio was the only bridge in Florence spared by the German army&rsquo;s bombs due to an order by Adolf Hitler. Today the bridge is host to shops that sell jewelry, artwork, and souvenirs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDo you have a fun, interesting, fabulous, or unique travel photo you<br \/>\nwould like to share? Upload it to Flickr, tag it &quot;cheapoair,&quot; and we&#39;ll<br \/>\nshare it with the world! All the rights belong to you! We just give you<br \/>\nthe fame!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When wandering through Florence, Italy, one must check out the Ponte Vecchio (which is Italian for &ldquo;Old Bridge&rdquo;). This Medieval bridge was built over the Arno River and is an extremely popular destination for locals and visitors. The Ponte Vecchio has seen a few setbacks since it was first constructed in 996. It was destroyed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97168065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97168065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97168065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97168065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97168065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97168065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97168065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}