Pitti Palace
A walk through some of the last rooms inhabited by the Savoy family in the Pitti Palace
Director Simone Verde and the curator Vanessa Gavioli present the new arrangement (Italian only)
The tale of a place that was the abode of three dynasties, a collection of treasures of every kind across a maze of halls and private rooms that tell us about the daily life of Grand Dukes and Kings, who made their court a model of flair and style.
Presentation of the book by Cecilia Frosinini
Elena Pozzi tells of the large courtyard of the palace which takes its name from its architect, Bartolomeo Ammannati
Video in Russian | One of the most loved passages by the Russian writer, re-read in the Duchess of Aosta's apartment in Palazzo Pitti
The words of the Greek writer to describe the artwork preserved in Pitti Palace
Video in Italian | On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, Valentina Conticelli invites us to discover the Porcelain Museum inside Boboli Gardens
Video in Latin | Alessandro Muscillo illustrates in Latin how this masterpiece remains invisible to the eyes and how it turned out to be also...miracolous
Starting from this question a little journey to discover objects that we often forget to look at begins.
The role of frames in setting up a Baroque picture gallery
What do certain strange shapes carved into the frames represent? Deformed faces, monstrous figures, flowers, claws, scales, eagle wings; sometimes the answer is in the painting itself.
Why is Raphael's "La Velata" hung in such a strange way? When there was no artificial light, the workers had the right to move the paintings, making them rotate on their hinges: hence the bilication
Video in Italian | A masterpiece by Aristodemo Costoli and Giovan Battista Giorgi with a base by Giovanni Dupré
Video in Italian | The story of a remarkable masterpiece of the Palatine Gallery
Video in Italian | In the "Night of the Bridges between 3 and 4 August 1944, all the bridges in Florence were blown up by the retreating Nazi troops.
Video in Italian | The mystery of the cosmos, the secret of the sacred, the enigma of beauty, all in a painting.
Video in Italian | Much more than the representation of a historical event.
Unveiling the secrets of Pitti Palace.
