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ID: 700009291
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009291
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2
Ponte Santa Trinità (arch bridge; architect: Bartolomeo Ammannati; rebuilt in 1958; 1567–1569; destroyed 1944, reb...; Florence (Firenze, Toscana, Italia, Europe, World, Top of th...; )
Note: Named for the ancient church Santa Trinità on via de' Tornabuoni nearby. Flattened elliptic arch bridge, in Renaissance style although rebuilt in 1958. On the site of a wooden bridge followed by two stone bridges, destroyed by flood and by bombing in WW II. Formerly ornamented by statues of the four seasons.
Titles:
Ponte Santa Trinità (preferred,C,U,Italian-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
arch bridge [300007838] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, <transportation structures by form>, bridges (built works), <bridges by form>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1567–1569; destroyed 1944, rebuilt 1958

Creator Display:
architect: Bartolomeo Ammannati; rebuilt in 1958 [preferred]
architect Ammanati, Bartolomeo (Florentine sculptor and architect, 1511-1592) [500028632]
Locations:
Other: Site Context: Arno [1121388] Pisa province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Current: Firenze [7000457] Firenze province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 43°46′08″N 11°15′01″E
Display Materials: limestone, elliptic arch bridge
limestone [300011286]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock)
arch bridges [300007838]
.......(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, <transportation structures by form>, bridges (built works), <bridges by form>)

Dimensions: largest span: 29 m (95 feet)
Events:
destruction: 1944, rebuilt 1958

Cultures:
Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, and engineering works
Sources and Contributors:
Ponte Santa Trinità........ [VP]
........ TCI: Firenze e Dintorni (1974)
........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
........ Smithsonian Museum of American Art (SAAM) [online] (2000-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... TCI: Firenze e Dintorni (1974)
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