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Secret passageway through one of Italy’s most famous cityscapes opens to public for first time
Now, for the first time in history, the Corridoio Vasariano, or Vasari Corridor, has opened to the general public. Less a corridor, more a private walking trail through the center of Florence ...
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Florence's Secret 16th-Century Passageway Opens To Public After 450 Years
The passage was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici, the Duke of Florence, and designed by the renowned Renaissance painter and architect Giorgio Vasari. Constructed in just five months ...
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Secret passage that Florence’s Medici used to move safely reopens to public after 8-year renovation
ROME (AP) — 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 ...
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Secret passageway in Florence reopens after refit
The Vasari Corridor, which is more than 700 metres (nearly half a mile) long and runs above the famous Ponte Vecchio, has been closed for eight years. Designed in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari ...
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Medici secret passageway in Florence reopens after refit
The Vasari Corridor, which is more than 700 metres (nearly half a mile) long and runs above the famous Ponte Vecchio, has been closed for eight years. Designed in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari ...