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CTyankee

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5. It's interesting. What a tragedy! All those bridges, gone!

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 07:21 PM

Sep 2014

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It aches my heart.

The bloody crossroads of art and war often meet and it is a bitter experience.

Sad for the old Santa Trinita, glad for the new one.

I love Florence. I was there for an art intensive in the early fall of 2010. I beat my brains out trying to get to every art masterpiece there. I made it but there is another list I could go to. You cannot turn around in Florence without encountering another masterpiece...

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The Destruction of Santa Trinita and Siege of Florence, WW2 [View all] CTyankee Sep 2014 OP

feedback from WW2 buffs welcome! CTyankee Sep 2014 #1

Great post! Rec'd. Kaleva Sep 2014 #2

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Do you know much about the history of this bridge? CTyankee Sep 2014 #3

Knew nothing about the bridge till I read your post. Kaleva Sep 2014 #4

It's interesting. What a tragedy! All those bridges, gone! CTyankee Sep 2014 #5

Hope the later evening crowd will enjoy this...Salud! CTyankee Sep 2014 #6

great post ! nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #7

thanks! Glad you liked it! CTyankee Sep 2014 #8

War's destruction; erases both the living future and our most tangible connections to the past, Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #9

Exactly. What a sad thing this was. For everyone... CTyankee Sep 2014 #10

What amazes me is that the Monument Men of the (mostly) U.S. Allied Forces risked CTyankee Sep 2014 #11

What a shame steelsmith Sep 2014 #12

I must say I do like the new bridge. CTyankee Sep 2014 #13