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See the Sprawling Secret Passageway Built for Florence’s Elite 450 Years Ago
The 2,500-foot-long Vasari Corridor impressed guests of the Medicis and other leaders that followed (including Benito ...
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Secret 16th century passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy opens to the public for the first time
The Corridoio Vasariano or Vasari Corridor, a walking trail through the center of the Tuscan city, began to allow pedestrians on its 2,460-foot passage on Friday, CNN reported. The pathway was ...
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Secret passage that Florence's Medici used to move safely reopens to public after 8-year renovation
For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor ... of the powerful Medici family, has reopened to the public after an eight-year restoration project. The corridor, named after the ...
Secret passageway through one of Italy’s most famous cityscapes opens to public for first time
The Corridoio Vasariano, or Vasari Corridor, was built as a secret pathway connecting Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti via the Uffizi Galleries and the Ponte Vecchio. It’s now open to the public for ...
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Medici secret passageway in Florence reopens after refit
A secret passageway built 500 years ago to allow the Medici family to pass through the ... after an 10-million-euro restoration. The Vasari Corridor, which is more than 700 metres (nearly half ...