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Palazzo Pitti
The Palazzo Pitti is a vast Renaissance palace on the south bank of the Arno in Florence, originally built as a private palazzo and later the principal residence of the Medici grand dukes. It today houses a large museum complex and opens onto the Boboli Gardens behind. The main block is a long, three-storey corps de logis notable for its heavy rusticated stonework and rows of arch-headed windows.
First raised
1458
Its prime
1660
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1660
The shape it held in its prime.
A long, horizontal three-storey stone block of ochre-brown pietra forte with heavy rusticated ashlar and repeated arch-headed apertures across each floor; strong horizontal cornices separate the storeys and a simple balustrade crowns the roofline. The ground floor has large arched portals set into channelled rustication, the upper floors show regular arched windows and kneeling windows on the piano nobile; the palace faces a broad piazza and opens onto formal gardens at the rear.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1660.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Palazzo Pitti — including 6 interiors: ammanati's monumental staircase to the piano nobile, the inner cortile (court) behind the principal façade, buontalenti's 'grotto of moses' and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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Families who held Palazzo Pitti.
The families tied to Palazzo Pitti across its history — follow a name to its page.
Pitti
Built from 1458 as the town residence of the Florentine banker Luca Pitti; sold by the family in 1549.
Medici
Bought by the Medici family in 1549 and made the chief residence of the ruling family of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Savoy
Briefly the principal royal palace of united Italy under the House of Savoy, until Victor Emmanuel III donated it to the Italian people in 1919.
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