Vasari Corridor
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The Vasari Corridor is a 16th-century elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti. It was designed by, and named for, architect Giorgio Vasari to al
The Vasari Corridor's bridge from the Palazzo Vecchio to Uffizi
The Corridor as it winds around Torre dei Mannelli
The bridge between the Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi
The Corridor between the Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio
Passetto di Borgo
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The Passetto di Borgo, also called Er Coridore di Borgo or the Passetto, is an elevated passage that links Vatican City with the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome. The passage is an approximately 800-metre-l
Vasari Corridor
…contributing to his assassination, Cosimo governed cautiously in an unstable political climate. The corridor's most notable architectural precedent is the Passetto di Borgo in Rome, an elevated passageway linking the Vatican City with the Castel Sant'Angelo. Originally commissioned by Pope Nicholas III in 1277, the Passetto…
Route of the "Passetto" from the Vatican (in the background) to Castel Sant'Angelo.
The southern side of the "Passetto" seen from the Borgo S. Angelo.
The Passetto in its original context: in background the rear side of Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni seen from Vicolo del Farinone, before the demolition of the neighborhood (c. 1930)
Over the Passetto, going towards the Vatican.