What is the Vasari Corridor in Florence?
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. The entrance to the Corridor is located on the first floor within the Uffizi Gallery behind an unmarked door.
When will the Vasari Corridor reopen?
The Vasari Corridor. The Vasari Corridor is currently closed for renovations. Plans are for it to reopen to the public in 2018. The Vasari Corridor is a kilometer long passageway that connects the Uffizi Gallery to the Pitti Palace.
Who built the Vasari Corridor in Rome?
The Corridor called Vasari after its architect, was commissioned in 1565 by Cosimo de' Medici to celebrate the wedding of his son Francesco I with Joanna of Austria. The passageway, started in March 1565, was finished in just 5 months on time for the wedding celebrated on December 16th.
Where can I find the Uffizi Corridor?
The entrance to the Corridor is located on the first floor within the Uffizi Gallery behind an unmarked door. It is likely that most visitors that crowd the Uffizi everyday don't even know that behind that featureless door stands a great treasure.
Where is the Vasari Corridor?
The Vasari Corridor ( Italian: Corridoio Vasariano) is an elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, central Italy, connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti. Beginning on the south side of the Palazzo Vecchio, it joins the Uffizi Gallery and leaves on its south side, crossing the Lungarno dei Archibusieri, ...
Why was the Vasari Corridor built?
The Vasari Corridor was built in five months by order of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici in 1565, to the design of Giorgio Vasari. It was commissioned in connection with the marriage of Cosimo's son, Francesco, with Johanna of Austria. The idea of an enclosed passageway was motivated by the Grand Duke's desire to move freely between his residence and the government palace, when, like most monarchs of the period, he felt insecure in public, in his case especially because he had replaced the Republic of Florence. The meat market of Ponte Vecchio was moved to avoid its smell reaching into the passage, and its place taken by the goldsmith shops that still occupy the bridge. At the latter extremity, the corridor was forced to pass around the Mannelli's Tower, after the staunch opposition of that family to its destruction.
When will the Via dei Georgofili reopen?
In 2016 the corridor was closed for safety reasons and is set to re-open for tourists on May 27, 2022, marking the anniversary of the Massacre of Via dei Georgofili, after an 11-month renovation.
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When will Vasari Corridor be open again?
Once the refurbishment works are over, the world-renowned Corridor designed by Vasari in the mid-1500s will be open to visitors again presumably from 2022 . The collection of self-portraits that was traditionally on view there will be substituted with a selection of ancient statues and inscriptions, sixteenth-century frescoes originally decorating the external walls of the Corridor, and two memorials dedicated to the 1993 Via dei Georgofili Bombing and the 1944 WWII Bombing of Florence respectively.
Is the Vasari Corridor ready?
The project for the rearrangement of the Vasari Corridor is ready!
Where is the Vasari corridor?
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. It passes through and along some of Florence’s most important landmarks, over the Ponte Vecchio and ends up in the Boboli Gardens. It is a very unique space, and closed to the general public, ...
When was the corridor renovated?
That was the case until September 2013, when the last section of the corridor was renovated and many self-portraits of more contemporary artists are now on display.
How many paintings are there in the passageway?
The passageway contains over 1000 paintings, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, including the largest and very important collection of self-portraits by some of the most famous masters of painting from the 16th to the 20th century, including Filippo Lippi, Rembrandt, Velazquez, Delacroix and Ensor. While the first paintings were bought by the ...
Is Vasari Corridor open to the public?
It is a very unique space, and closed to the general public, making access to it very exclusive. You can visit the Vasari Corridor through a private group tour!
