Lungarno Torrigiani is the stretch of the south bank of the

Arno The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber. Source and route The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a sou ...

river in

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

that goes from Via de 'Bardi to the

Ponte alle Grazie Ponte alle Grazie is a bridge, reconstructed after 1945, over the Arno River in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. History The original bridge was called Ponte di Rubaconte after the name of the podestà Rubaconte da Mandello who had commission ...

. From the Lungarno, there's an extraordinary view of the

Uffizi The Uffizi Gallery ( ; , ) is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of th ...

, the

Vasari Corridor The Vasari Corridor () is an elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, central Italy, connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti. Beginning on the south side of the Palazzo Vecchio, it joins the Uffizi Gallery and leaves on its so ...

and

Ponte Vecchio The Ponte Vecchio (; "Old Bridge") is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy. The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; ...

History and description

The Lungarno takes its name from the Torrigiani family, who owned Palazzo Tempi for a certain period. Almost in the corner with Piazza dei Mozzi there is a rectangular green area, equipped with benches, which overlooks the Evangelical Lutheran church, in

neo-Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...

style. On 25 May 2016 at 6:15 am, a 3 and a half meter chasm opened due to the rupture of a large water pipe under the Lungarno road, after which thousands of homes were left without running water.

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