Palazzo Pitti

Palace Florence, Italy

Palazzo Pitti was the residence of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, already inhabited by the Medici, by the Habsburg-Lorraine and, after the unification of Italy, by the Savoy. It is located in Piazza dei Pitti at number 1, in the Oltrarno area.

Inside there is a museum complex made up of galleries and museums of different nature: the Palatine Gallery (the art gallery preserves masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, etc.), the Royal Apartments, the Apartment of the Duchess of Aosta and the District of the Prince of Naples, the Modern Art Gallery (with the works of the Macchiaioli) and other specialized museums: the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, dedicated to applied art, the Museum of fashion and costume, the largest Italian museum dedicated to fashion, the Porcelain Museum and the Coach Museum. The entire museum complex of Palazzo Pitti, which also includes the Boboli Gardens, was visited by a total of 1,282,089 people in 2016, making it the third most visited Italian state museum in Florence after the Uffizi and the Accademia.