We recently had the pleasure of touring inside the Vasari Corridor in Florence Italy. It passes through and along some of Florence’s most important landmarks, over the Ponte Vecchio and ends up in the Boboli Gardens . L’architecte de la cour, Giorgio Vasari , a dessiné l’extraordinaire parcours aérien qui part des Offices et passe sur les ateliers de 1300 du Ponte Vecchio, traverse la rue de…

Jo_and_Tom wrote a review Apr 2020. The project for the new arrangement of the Vasari Corridor Closed to visitors for security reasons in 2016 , the Vasari Corridor reopens regularly from 2021 , once the refurbishment works including a new modern light as well as an air-conditioning system have been carried out thus making it a fully accessible museum open to all visitors. The Vasari Corridor is a kilometer long passageway that connects the Uffizi Gallery to the Pitti Palace.Today, the corridor still connects the two buildings but it is set up as a small museum separate from the famous Uffizi Gallery.. Le Corridor de Vasari Excursions.
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The Vasari Corridor is a long, raised passageway that connects Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria to Palazzo Pitti on the other side of the river Arno.

to allow Cosimo de’ Medici and other Florentine elite to walk safely through the city, from the seat of power in Palazzo Vecchio to their private residence, Palazzo Pitti. The Vasari Corridor is an enclosed private passageway built in the 16th century by the Medici family to connect the Palazzo Vecchio to the Palazzo Pitti. This is walkway from the Uffzi to Ponte Vecchio and Pettit Palace. Pedistrian Walkway from Uffzi to Ponte Vecchio.

It is likely that most visitors that crowd the Uffizi everyday don't even know … The entrance to the Corridor is located on the first floor within the Uffizi Gallery behind an unmarked door. The Corridor was built in 1564 by Giorgio Vasari in only five months at the time of the wedding between Francesco I de' Medici and Giovanna of Austria; it served to link up the Pitti Palace, where the Grand Duke resided, with the Uffizi (or offices) where he worked. The Corridor was built by Vasari in 1565 for Cosimo I de'Medici, on the occasion of the marriage of his son Francesco I with Giovanna d' Austria.


The corridor, constructed in just 5 months during 1564 to designs by Vasari, was built to allow Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici to travel from the family residence in the Pitti Palace to the Palazzo Vecchio, crossing the river Arno and avoiding having to descend at any time to rough it with the plebeians. The Vasari Corridor T he Corridor was built for Grand Duke Cosimo I in 1565 to connect the Uffizi Palace and the Pitti Palace. 180 avis.