This is a bridge in Italy most people know, I had always assumed it was flanked by several similar but inferior bridges and that this is how all the old bridges used to be.
Wrong!
In fact the only reason this bridge is like this is because the family that used to run this town {The Medicis} wanted to get from their palace to the office without going down on the mucky street with the dirty common people. So they had a famous architect build the Vasari Corridor on top of the shops that were already there.
Panorama: The Ponte Vecchio
Panorama: The Old Bridge.
Here you can really see where they built on top of the old shops.
