This Renaissance palace is considered one of the most important examples of the Florentine “Bugnato” technique. Ammannati added to the initial three floors palace a wide courtyard: this is the famous Corridoio Vasariano (Vasari Corridor) that connects the Pitti Palace to the Uffizi Gallery crossing the Arno river at Ponte Vecchio.

Now this corridor is part of the Uffizi Gallery and it hedges in a wide collection of self-portraits and of XVIIth and XVIIIth century portraits.  You will finish your visit arriving to the Giardino di Boboli (the Garden of Boboli) at the Grotta del Buontalenti (Cave of Buontalenti).

Because of the narrowness of the corridor and in order to protect the artistic works, the Corridoio Vasariano can be visited by appointment only and in guided groups. The appointment should be arranged with the secretariat of the Uffizi Gallery.

 

The Pitti Palace opulent Baroque inner decorations date back to the XVIIth and the XVIIIth centuries when they were painted by Pietro da Cortona. In 1737 Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici decided to leave all her family art collection to the city of Florence: thanks to this decision Pitti Palace and the Uffizi were turned into a museum. Today Pitti Palace includes the Palatina Gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art, the Gallery of the Costume, the Museum of the Silver Objects (or Museo degli Argenti) and the Museum of the Chinaware  (or Museo delle Porcellane).