The Vasari Corridor, the covered
walkway linking the Uffizi Gallery with Palazzo Pitti in
Florence, will reopen to the public on December 21.
The corridor running above the iconic Ponte Vecchio that spans
the Arno River was closed in 2016 for safety reasons.
The public will be able to enjoy it again after the recent
completion of an 11-million-euro renovation that started in
2022.
The last previous renovation dated back to the 1990s.
The Vasari Corridor was built in 1565 to a design by architect
Giorgio Vasari after Florence's then Medici rulers decided they
wanted to move freely and secretly between the seat of city
government in Palazzo Vecchio and their private palace in
Palazzo Pitti on the other side of the Arno.
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