The Pitti Palace is considered one of the most majestic Renaissance buildings in Florence, Italy. The construction of this palace begins in 1457, being an ambitious project of the banker Lucas Pitti, to whom he owes his name.

The banker lived there throughout his life, then belonged to his family until 1550, when they were economically affected and sold to the Duchess Leonor de Toledo. For some years, the Pitti Palace was used as Napoleon I's military base and as the official home of the Kings of Italy, although the latter did not last long.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Pitti Palace was donated to the Italian people, with all its original content, converting it into public property. Today, it is one of the most impressive public museums in the world, with the most varied art collections of all time. This palace presents galleries and museums organized in themes and arranged in a unique way, which you will know below:

* The Palatine Gallery

Exhibition that keeps the real appearance of a palace reviving the Renaissance past, a room full of memories. It has 28 rooms. It contains works by Botticelli, Andrea del Sarto, Titian, Correggio, Jacopo Pontormo, among other great artists.

* Gallery of Modern Art

There we will see an enormous collection of avant-garde paintings and precursors of Impressionism. It includes works by the artists of the Macchiaioli movement and others from the school of Tuscany of the 19th century.

* Costumes Gallery

It consists of a varied sample of costumes and fashions from past centuries until the theatrical date that spans from the sixteenth century to our times of Italian fashion, especially theater costumes.

* Silver Museum

It contains fine jewels, precious stones, ivory vases and many more luxury items made by the best workshops in Italy and Europe from the 17th to the 20th century, belonging to the collection of Lorenzo de Médicis.

* Museum of Porcelain

One of the attractive exhibition of the Palace, as it presents the most complete porcelain collection in Europe, with pieces by Sevres, Meissen and Vincennes. Most of the pieces are diplomatic gifts from foreign courts, and others were commissioned by the court of the Grand Duke.

* Carriage Museum

Located on the ground floor of the Palace, it offers a wide variety of horse-drawn carriages, from the simplest to the most ostentatious.

* Royal apartments

A set of fourteen rooms, formally used by the Medici family and their descendants. Where you can imagine the everyday environment of the time and disposition of objects and furniture in the environment of the Medici era, mainly during the nineteenth century.





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