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

Although the Vasari Corridor has been off-limits for centuries, it’s now part of a renewed effort to open Florence’s ...

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

The passage was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici, the Duke of Florence, and designed by the renowned Renaissance painter ...

A 16th-century secret passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy, has opened to the public for the first time ...

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

Vasari Corridor was closed in 2016 to allow restoration work in an attempt to bring it up to safety standards. However, it re ...

The Vasari Corridor was commissioned by Cosimo de Medici as part of the celebrations for the marriage between his son and ...

Florence Vasari Corridor reopens after 8 years, letting visitors walk the secret Medici pathway above Ponte Vecchio. Rare view of Florence’s history.

Around a quarter of the paintings in the Vasari Corridor were damaged, with Gerard van Honthorst’s Adoration of the Shepherds (1620) among those most badly burned. On a visit to Florence in ...

The corridor was built by Florence’s powerful Medici family to allow them to move secretly and safely from one part of the ...