Connecting the Uffizi with the then Medici residence, the Vasarian Corridor was constructed to give the family an escape route in the event of an uprising. Below the corridor is the pedistrain bridge, Ponte Vecchio.
Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more