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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 passage that Florence's Medici used to move safely reopens to public after 8-year renovation
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords. Now, ...
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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 ...
Secret 16th century passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy opens to the public for the first time
A 16th-century secret passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy, has opened to the public for the first time ...
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A Secret Corridor Once Used by the Medicis Opens to the Public
The Vasari Corridor was commissioned by Cosimo de Medici as part of the celebrations for the marriage between his son and ...
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 ...
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‘Americans Can Afford It’: Will Italy’s Tourist Attractions Get More Expensive In 2023?
It comes after Florence’s Uffizi announced this week it was putting up peak-season ticket prices. But the idea of raising entry fees to cultural attractions has angered Italians. On Tuesday ...
Florence's Secret 16th-Century Passageway Opens To Public After 450 Years
The passage was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici, the Duke of Florence, and designed by the renowned Renaissance painter ...
Move over, Florence: Milan’s answer to the Uffizi gallery is here
Milan, the northern Italian capital mostly known for fashion, design and finance, is staking its claim to being a centre of ...
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Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi)
Occupying the first and second floors of the U-shaped Palazzo degli Uffizi along the banks of the Arno River, the Uffizi Gallery was created by the Medici family at the end of the 16th century.
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Secret passageway through one of Italy’s most famous cityscapes opens to public for first time
The trail — built in just five months for Cosimo I de’ Medici — connects Florence’s three most famous sites: the Palazzo Vecchio (the city’s political center), the Uffizi Galleries (once ...