The 2,500-foot-long Vasari Corridor impressed guests of the Medicis and other leaders that followed (including Benito ...

Nardella was not born a Florentine, but migrated from Naples with his family at age 13. He said he was “adopted” by the city ...

The Ponte Vecchio traverses the Arno River near central Florence. Throughout its history, it has survived floods and even attacks during World War II, making it one of the oldest bridges in Italy ...

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 ...

Florence's Vasari Corridor, a historic passage once exclusive to the Medici family, is now open to the public for the first ...

The Corridoio Vasariano, or Vasari Corridor, was built as a secret pathway connecting Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti via the Uffizi Galleries and the Ponte Vecchio. It’s now open to the public for ...

snakes its way through central Florence, passing over the Arno River via the Ponte Vecchio bridge, one of the city's landmarks. The Uffizi museum, which manages the corridor and oversaw ...

A secret passageway built 500 years ago to allow the Medici family to pass through the Italian city of Florence unhindered ...

For centuries, Florence's 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords. Now, the raised passageway that connects the city's Uffizi Galleries to the former residence of the ...

The 1km-elevated passageway was built by the architect Giorgio Vasari for Cosimo I de’ Medici, the second Duke of Florence, in 1565. “The Medici family used it to reach Palazzo Vecchio from ...