The Uffizi’s hidden Medici passageway has opened to the public for the first time following an eight-year restoration.
The Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano)—the secret passageway over the Arno River in Florence that connects the Uffizi ...
For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords. Now, the raised passageway ...
The Vasari Corridor was commissioned by Cosimo de Medici as part of the celebrations for the marriage between his son and ...
It was built as a secret passageway for the elite of Florence to pass undetected, far from the regular citizens. Now, for the first time in history, the Corridoio Vasariano, or Vasari Corridor ...
Less a corridor, more a private walking trail through the center of Florence, the 750-meter (2,460 ... in 1565 by artist and architect Giorgio Vasari. The trail — built in just five months ...