This elevated walkway up is situated on top of the historic Ponte Vecchio. The passage starts from Palazzo Vecchio, passes through the Uffizi museum and then reaches the majestic Pitti Palace.
It is assumed that the historic monument will be reopened by 2022.
, also an important collection of self-portraits of some of the greatest artists such as Filippino Lippi, Rembrandt, Velasquez and many other famous painters.
The property located above the ground of the city offers strong emotions that go beyond the beauty of the paintings that are kept there.
Through the small windows, which follow one another along the way, you can see glimpses and corners of the Old Bridge area, this part of Florence is one of the most characteristic and historic of the city.
In the past, the most powerful and important people in Europe frequented this place. They came to visit Florence as guests of the important Medici family who ruled the city for centuries.
, the seat of government and Palazzo Pitti, home and the residence of this important family in Florence.
This area of Florence became the most important and prestigious of the city because of the constant presence of the most important Florentines, rulers of these times. Once the Vasari Corridor built, the authorities decided to move the old slaughterhouses from the Ponte Vecchio away. More appropriate and prestigious commercial activities where transferred here, so it was then, when the Ponte Vecchio became the historic seat of the Florentine goldsmith workshops and beautiful jewelry shops.
Besides small windows following one another along the passage, above the central loggia of the Ponte Vecchio on the side, facing the direction where the Arno river flows, the Vasari corridor also has three large windows. These provide a unique view of the central area of the city that extends on both sides of the river.
Those three large windows are not part of the original structure of the Vasari corridor, built with the sole intention of providing a secure transition to the rulers of the time. According to historical research, this change made in 1860 during the visit of the King of Italy in Florence in the period when Florence was temporarily named the capital of Italy.
Reference link to the tour: https://www.madeoftuscany.it/vip-tour-uffizi-vasari/
