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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 ...
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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A Secret Corridor Once Used by the Medicis Opens to the Public
A secretive Renaissance-era passageway in Florence connecting the Uffizi Galleries to the Palazzo Pitti, the Medicis’ former residence, has opened to the public for the first time in its nearly ...
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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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Uffizi’s secret Vasari Corridor reopens over Florence’s Ponte Vecchio
The Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano)—the secret passageway over the Arno River in Florence that connects the Uffizi Galleries to the Pitti Palace—has reopened following an eight-year ...
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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 was only accessible to dukes and lords. Now, the raised passageway that connects the city's Uffizi Galleries to the former residence of the ...
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Florence’s secret Vasari Corridor opens to the public after €11 million restoration
Florence's Vasari Corridor, a 750-meter-long elevated passageway that connects the Uffizi Galleries to the Pitti Palace, officially reopened on Saturday (21 December) after a monumental eight-year ...
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Secret passageway through one of Italy’s most famous cityscapes opens to public for first time
Now, for the first time in history, the Corridoio Vasariano, or Vasari Corridor, has opened to the general public. Less a corridor, more a private walking trail through the center of Florence ...