Does anyone have current info on the Corridorio? I heard it had opened and then closed again.
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Brooklyn, NY
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I’ve been checking too since we’ll be in Florence early Septembrr. Google said May 24, but the website says check back.
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Minnesota 🎒
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Its page on the official website contains the current info:
https://www.uffizi.it/en/corridoio-vasariano
A couple of articles out there in Italian indicate that it's unlikely to re-open until September or even later. Here's one of them:
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Los Angeles
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Call your hotel and get a local contact
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Wengen
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I was in Florence in April, and the Vasari corridor was not open, and in fact looked like it wouldn't open anytime soon...
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Southeast of Seattle
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I was there the weekend of the 24th of May-not open nor did it look like it would be open soon.
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Massachusetts
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It's going to open on December 21, 2024.
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/florence-to-reopen-vasari-corridor-after-eight-years.html
Italian culture minister to inaugurate landmark.
The Vasari Corridor in Florence will reopen to the public on 21 December after eight years of major renovation works, Uffizi director Simone Verde confirmed on Thursday.
The Florentine landmark, which links the Uffizi Galleries with Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens, will be inaugurated by Italy's culture minister Alessandro Giuli on 20 December.
The elevated kilometre-long passageway which runs across Ponte Vecchio was closed for safety reasons in November 2016.
The €11 million programme of works, designed to make the structure safer and more accessible to visitors, included the installation of new emergency exits, lights and surveillance cameras.
Named after its designer, Italian Renaissance painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, the walkway was built in 1565 for Cosimo I de' Medici, founder of the Florentine Medici dynasty.
The Vasari Corridor will be accessible with a special ticket: visitors enter through the Uffizi, walk over Ponte Vecchio and exit through the Boboli Gardens. For full details see Uffizi website.