The Vasari Corridor is an amazing suspended road that takes its name from its creator: architect, painter and historian Giorgio Vasari. Built in record time between March and December 1565, for the wedding (1565) of Prince Francesco de 'Medici with Joanna of Austria, the about 800-metre-long Corridor crosses the Uffizi and connects the two ducal residences of Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti. This aerial path crosses the river, overpasses streets, houses, towers, palaces and gardens: trying to describe it, one must go back to its function of passage, to the urban topography into which it camouflages itself,. Despite its amazing linear development, it offers an extraordinary variety of architectural solutions, conceived to harmonize with the different areas of the city through which it passed.
The Vasari Corridor. A road above the city
Funis F
2020
Abstract
The Vasari Corridor is an amazing suspended road that takes its name from its creator: architect, painter and historian Giorgio Vasari. Built in record time between March and December 1565, for the wedding (1565) of Prince Francesco de 'Medici with Joanna of Austria, the about 800-metre-long Corridor crosses the Uffizi and connects the two ducal residences of Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti. This aerial path crosses the river, overpasses streets, houses, towers, palaces and gardens: trying to describe it, one must go back to its function of passage, to the urban topography into which it camouflages itself,. Despite its amazing linear development, it offers an extraordinary variety of architectural solutions, conceived to harmonize with the different areas of the city through which it passed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
