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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Art Newspaper21 天
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 ... told The Art Newspaper. Currently the walls of the ...
Forbes2 年
Why Are Climate Activists Gluing Themselves To Art In Italy?
Climate change activists glued themselves to a Futurist sculpture this week, a month after members of the same group stuck their hands to an artwork in Florence’s Uffizi gallery. The protestors ...
Florence's landmark passageway over Ponte Vecchio reopens to public
A Renaissance-era raised passageway that connects Florence's Uffizi Galleries to the Medici's former residence, Palazzo Pitti, will reopen to the public on Saturday, offering spectacular views of the ...