Vasari Corridor Tour with Context Travel
I’m reprinting this as news because many people ask me about getting into the Vasari Corridor. The information on the official site is out of date and I’m not sure how to get in other than by special group reservation. But this much I do know: Context offers occasional “out of context” tours and has groups going into the Corridor July 3 and 15th 2009. One of the groups (July 3) will be lead by my friend Niall Atkinson for whom I can vouch as an engaging professor and fun person.
Context writes: ***Since the Vasari Corridor is closing indefinitely in September for renovation, this may be your last chance to see it*** – Arttrav can’t confirm this, but it’s worrysome and I’d tend to believe them.
Tour description:
The Vasari Corridor is, perhaps, the strongest architectural symbol of the power wielded by the Medici family in Florence during the Renaissance era. A private passageway that linked the government offices housed in the Palazzo Vecchio to the family residence in the Palazzo Pitti, the corridor was Cosimo I de’ Medici’s testimony to his generation’s quest to transform Florence into a quasi-monarchical society. During our two-hour exploration of this unique and private space, which is usually closed to the public and open for this special event, we will not only take in the portrait collection, which boasts the likes of Fillipino Lippi, Rubens, Velasquez, Rembrandt and Chagall, but we will also discuss its symbolic importance as a political and social symbol. €110 per person (incl. tickets)
The Vasari Corridor is, perhaps, the strongest architectural symbol of the power wielded by the Medici family in Florence during the Renaissance era. A private passageway that linked the government offices housed in the Palazzo Vecchio to the family residence in the Palazzo Pitti, the corridor was Cosimo I de’ Medici’s testimony to his generation’s quest to transform Florence into a quasi-monarchical society. During our two-hour exploration of this unique and private space, which is usually closed to the public and open for this special event, we will not only take in the portrait collection, which boasts the likes of Fillipino Lippi, Rubens, Velasquez, Rembrandt and Chagall, but we will also discuss its symbolic importance as a political and social symbol. €110 per person (incl. tickets)
*Context’s Circle of Friends receive a 20% discount* – this information is from the facebook invitation so I encourage anyone signing up through arttrav to mention arttrav and ask about this circle discount.
