The covered passage connecting the Palazzo Vecchio and Pitti Palace across the city and crossing the Arno via the Ponte Vecchio, will reopen its doors on Saturday December 21 and will be accessible to the general public with reservation required.
The Vasari Corridor, a passage overlooking the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, reopens its doors on Saturday after eight years of work, offering visitors a unique panorama of the Italian Renaissance city, the Uffizi Museum announced on Friday. Under construction since 2016, this 750 meter long passage has been completely renovated to meet safety standards and will be accessible to the general public, upon reservation required, for an entry ticket of 43 euros which also allows them to visit the Uffizi Gallery. .
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Along a panoramic walk spanning the Arno River in the heart of Florence, visitors can take a route linking the Gallery of Statues and Paintings to the Boboli Gardens and the Pitti Palace. « Visitors who wish will be able to move from one bank of the Arno to the other, appreciating in all its extent the immensity, coherence and richness of the Medicean citadel of power and the arts. », rejoiced the director of the Uffizi, Simone Verde, quoted in a museum press release.
Built by the architect Giorgio Vasari in 1565, the Corridor allowed the sovereigns of Florence to reach the Palazzo Vecchio from their Pitti Palace in complete discretion and security. For the Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli, its reopening « offers Florence and Italy a masterpiece within a masterpiece » et « a breathtaking panoramic walk in the heart of an unrivaled city ».
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