A 16th-century secret passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy, has opened to the public ... its town hall, the Uffizi Galleries, once the rulers’ offices, now an art museum ...

Behind it sits the Galleria degli Uffizi, which is one of the city's most famous art museums. The Piazza della Signoria is also filled with its (more than) fair share of sculptures, including a ...

Occupying the first and second floors of the U-shaped Palazzo degli Uffizi along the banks of the Arno River, the Uffizi Gallery was created by the Medici family at the end of the 16th century.

The passageway—known as the Vasari Corridor—connects Florence’s lush Boboli Gardens to the world-famous Uffizi Galleries, an art museum boasting works such as Sandro Botticelli’s The ...

will continue to tour 15 cultural hotspots Italy, stopping at tourist attractions like the the Peggy Guggenheim in Venice (on February 2) and Uffizi in Florence (September 7) for one day only ...