1. Photograph what you see.

   Start with the camera or choose a photo.

   The phone shows a live camera view of the Ponte Vecchio behind a framing reticle. A library button sits beside the shutter, so a photo already on the phone works the same way. Pressing the shutter is what starts everything that follows.

2. Read the photo.

   The image supplies the first candidate: Ponte Vecchio.

   Reads the photo. That is the Ponte Vecchio.

3. Retrieve the history.

   Lensmark opens the same existing Florence and Italian tourism sources drawn in the phone.

   Digs up the history. From Florence's own pages. feelflorence.it italia.it

4. Check the record.

   The candidate must appear under the same name in an independent record.

   Checks it against the record. Found under that name.

5. Confirm the place.

   The candidate must also agree with the location evidence.

   Confirms the spot. Found at that exact spot.

6. Show the verified result.

   The card appears only after the existing checks agree.

   The photo grows into the card. Verified. Ponte Vecchio. Period: 1345. Creator: Probably Taddeo Gaddi. Region: Over the Arno, Florence, Italy. Significance: The only Florence bridge to survive the Second World War intact. Worth knowing: The Vasari Corridor still runs above its shops. Read more. Verified with 2 sources.

7. Keep one conversation.

   One conversation for everything you see.

   Read more opens the story beneath the card, running past the bottom of the screen; Show less closes it. Rebuilt after the 1333 flood; its shops passed from butchers to goldsmiths by Medici decree in 1593. Built in 1345 to replace an older bridge destroyed by the flooding of the Arno, it was probably designed by Taddeo Gaddi. It began as a market bridge of butchers and fishmongers; from 1593 the workshops passed to the goldsmiths who still trade there. Above the shops runs the Vasari Corridor, built by Giorgio Vasari in 1565 so the Medici could pass between Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti. In August 1944, during the Nazi retreat, it was the only Florentine bridge left intact. Ask about this place…

• Reads the photoThat is the Ponte Vecchio
• Digs up the historyFrom Florence's own pagesfeelflorence.ititalia.it
• Checks it against the recordFound under that name
• Confirms the spotFound at that exact spot

Verified

Ponte Vecchio

Period

1345

Creator

Probably Taddeo Gaddi

Region

Over the Arno, Florence, Italy

Significance

The only Florence bridge to survive the Second World War intact

Worth knowing

The Vasari Corridor still runs above its shops

Read more

Rebuilt after the 1333 flood; its shops passed from butchers to goldsmiths by Medici decree in 1593.

Built in 1345 to replace an older bridge destroyed by the flooding of the Arno, it was probably designed by Taddeo Gaddi.

It began as a market bridge of butchers and fishmongers; from 1593 the workshops passed to the goldsmiths who still trade there.

Above the shops runs the Vasari Corridor, built by Giorgio Vasari in 1565 so the Medici could pass between Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti.

In August 1944, during the Nazi retreat, it was the only Florentine bridge left intact.

Ask about this place…

One conversation for everything you see.