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 ...

The 2,500-foot-long Vasari Corridor impressed guests of the Medicis and other leaders that followed (including Benito ...

Florence's Vasari Corridor, a historic passage once exclusive to the Medici family, is now open to the public for the first ...

A 16th-century secret passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy, has opened to the public for the first time ...

The corridor was built by Florence’s powerful Medici family to allow them to move secretly and safely from one part of the ...

Although the Vasari Corridor has been off-limits for centuries, it’s now part of a renewed effort to open Florence’s ...

the corridor was built as part of a broader Medici project to revitalize the area of Florence between the Arno river and the Palazzo Vecchio. In recent decades, the Vasari Corridor has only been ...

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 ...

A secret passageway built 500 years ago to allow the Medici family to pass through the Italian city of Florence unhindered ...

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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 ...