Cicero, Augustus, Sabina, Faustina and other figures of ancient Rome arrive to populate the Vasari Corridor: fifty pieces of imperial portraiture that have remained in storage since 1993 inaugurate a ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate. Andrew Doyle is the author of “Free Speech and Why It Matters” and “The New Puritans.” ...

In 1565, a simple, elegant hallway was built atop Ponte Vecchio (or the Old Bridge) in Florence. The passage was restricted to Florentine elites, who used it to easily traverse the Arno River without ...

A secretive Renaissance-era passageway in Florence connecting the Uffizi Galleries to the Palazzo Pitti, the Medicis’ former residence, has opened to the public for the first time in its nearly ...

The Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano)—the secret passageway over the Arno River in Florence that connects the Uffizi Galleries to the Pitti Palace—has reopened following an eight-year, €11m ...

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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 residence of the ...