The Vasari Corridor was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici from Giorgio Vasari in 1564, on the eve of the marriage of his son to Johanna of Austria; the kilometer-long “monumental urban footpath” connects the south side of the Palazzo Vecchio to the Medici family’s then-residence at the Pitti Palace. It goes through the Uffizi Gallery and leaves on its south side, passing over lungarno degli Archibusieri and following the north bank of the Arno until it crosses over the Ponte Vecchio.
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