The Vasari Corridor (Italian: Corridoio Vasariano) is an elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, central Italy, which connects the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti. Beginning on the south side of the Palazzo Vecchio, it then joins the Uffizi Gallery and leaves on its south side, crossing the Lungarno dei Archibusieri read more
The Palazzo Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [palattso vekkjo] “Old Palace”) is the town hall of Florence, Italy. Overlooking the Piazza della Signoria with its copy of Michelangelo’s David statue as well as the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi. Originally called the Palazzo della Signoria, after the Signoria read more
Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence, Italy. The construction of the palace begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano, for Filippo Strozzi the Elder, a rival of the Medici who had returned to the city in November 1466 and desired the most magnificent palace to assert his family’s continued read more
The Uffizi Gallery is an art museum in Italy. It is located in Florence, and is one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world. The building of Uffizi was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de’ Medici so as to accommodate the offices read more
The Palazzo Pitti, in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the read more
(Santa Maria della Scala Hospital) Just opposite the steps of the imposing Duomo, Santa Maria Della Scala was one of the first hospitals in Europe and one of the oldest surviving hospitals in the world. It was originally founded to help and house the pilgrims traveling on the Via Francigena, read more
(State Archives of Siena) It is probably one of Siena’s best kept secrets; a completely free museum that is open in the morning for tours at 9.30, 10.30 and 11.30. Only!But it is worth it to see the remarkable collection of city records and pre-renaissance art works, not to mention read more
The Bargello National Museum is the most important museum of Italian sculpture, and most important in the world for the Renaissance sculpture. In Via del Proconsolo 4 in Florence, houses masterpieces by Michelangelo, Donatello, Ghiberti, Cellini, Giambologna, Ammannati and other important sculptors. It also preserves a large collection of applied read more
The Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, or “Gallery of the Academy of Florence”, is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is the home of Michelangelo’s sculpture David. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a collection of Renaissance paintings. It adjoins the Accademia di Belle Arti or academy of read more
The National Archaeological Museum of Florence (Italian Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze) is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta (a palace built in 1620 for princess Maria Maddalena de’ Medici, daughter of Ferdinand I de Medici, read more