The Vasari Corridor also allowed the Medici to go to mass! It faces inside the church of Santa Felicita, where on a raised stage the dukes could follow the celebration undisturbed.

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During World War II, the tower was the headquarters of the Partisans. It was where journalist Oriana Fallaci would have wanted to die, in the place where as a child she stocked up on weapons to take to her father Edoardo, commander of the Giustizia e Libertà Brigades.

📸 Barons

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The exception is the Mannelli tower, on the left thigh of Ponte Vecchio. The Corridor is supposed to pass through the salon, but the family that owns it does not agree. Vasari then chooses to pass the structure outside, resting it on corbels. 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒖𝒔.

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🏠The passageway is 750 metres long, winding between the palaces of the centre, passing inside the Uffizi, and vaulting over the Arno river. The recently built Loggia del Pesce is displaced. All the buildings on the route are expropriated.

All but one.

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🥩Cosimo has ruled for almost 30 years, but there are still many supporters of the Republic. The Duke wants to avoid the risks of aggression in the streets or contracting diseases. And the smell of pork from the butchers' shops on Ponte Vecchio is unbearable...

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📜 Florence, 1565. Duke Cosimo I de'Medici commissions his trusted architect, Giorgio Vasari, to design an aerial passageway connecting the new family residence, Palazzo Pitti, to the political heart of the city, Palazzo della Signoria.

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⚜️The Vasari Corridor in Florence reopens to the public after eight years! But who had it built? And what was it for?

🔙 I'll take you to the #Florence of the 1500s!

🧵First Thread of 2025

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