Elevated passageway connecting Uffizi Galleries with Pitti Palace was for centuries used only by those with power The Vasari corridor was commissioned in 1565 by Cosimo I de’ Medici, allowing him to ...

The Vasari Corridor, named after Giorgio Vasari, the 16th-century architect, painter and art historian who designed it, snakes its way through central Florence, passing over the Arno River via the ...

Here's what it looks like, how to buy tickets, the hours and rules for access, along with the history of the passageway designed by Giorgio Vasari. The Corridor’s route, about 750 meters long, begins ...

With ceiling designs, preparatory drawings by Vasari and letters that provide great insight into the how’s and why’s of various choices, the exhibition proves revelatory. With a background in ...