There are a number of interesting pages in the diary of 105 Provost Company covering the plans for the entry to Florence and then detailing the first days in the (semi) liberated city. WO170/3547. It wasn't just the Germans who were causing trouble!
EIGHTH ARMY : SOUTH AFRICANS ENTER FLORENCE © IWM NA 17590 Object description Original wartime caption: A view of the city from a church tower overlooking the River Arno. All the bridges were blown, except Ponte Vecchio. This bridge is screened in smoke, behind it can be seen the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio. EIGHTH ARMY : SOUTH AFRICANS ENTER FLORENCE Object description Original wartime caption: Looking across the Arno to the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio in the vicinity of which, buildings were burning furiously.