Tour n° 6: Pitti Palace

Itinerary

Pitti Palace

The last and most sumptuous Medici residence houses unique collections of paintings and precious artistic artefacts.

Built in the mid-15th century at the behest of the wealthy Florentine merchant Luca Pitti, it was purchased by the wife of Grand Duke Cosimo I dei Medici, Eleonora da Toledo, in 1549. Since then, the palace became a place of representation for the Medici family, the Hapsburg Lorraine family, and finally the Savoy family, when Florence was the capital of Italy.

On the main floor of the palace, in the rooms that were once the residence of the Grand Dukes, is the Palatina Gallery, which, with its masterpieces by Titian, Raphael, Perugino, Caravaggio, Fra’ Bartolomeo, Andrea del Sarto, Rubens, Van Dyke, Murillo… is a must for lovers of painting.

The palace overlooks the splendid Boboli Gardens, an extraordinary example of an Italian garden, an area of more than 40 hectares dotted with sculptures, grottoes, fountains and plants of extraordinary charm, a veritable Eden in the heart of the city.

What is included

Guided tour in the language of your choice, with licensed guide

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For more information you can call: +39 333 4570585 or send a whatsapp message directly. Alternatively you can write an email to: info@topflorencetours.com. We are at your disposal to plan a guided tour of Florence to discover its squares, bridges and monuments or to visit the city’s museums, with priority entrance, such as the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia Gallery, the Palazzo Vecchio Museum, the Medici Chapels, the Opera del Duomo Museum and the Bargello Museum.