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Palazzo Pitti walls and shadows The Palazzo Pitti in English usually called the Pitti Palace is a vast mainly Renaissance palace in Florence Italy It is situated on the south side of the River Arno a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti an ambitious Florentine banker It was bought by the Medici family in 1539 and later became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany In the 19th century the palazzo by then a great treasure house was used as a power base by Napoleon and later served for a brief period as the principal royal palace of the newly united Italy In the early 20th century the palazzo together with its contents was given to the Italian people by King Victor Emmanuel III subsequently its doors were opened to the public as one of Florence s largest art galleries Today housing several minor additions in addition to those of the Medici family it is fully open to the public Florence Italian Firenze is the capital city of the region of Tuscany Italy From 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy A center of medieval European trade and finance the city is often considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and was long ruled by the Medici family Florence is also famous for its magnificent art and architecture It is said that of the 1 000 most important European artists of the second millennium 350 lived or worked in Florence The city has also been called the Athens of the Middle Ages The historic Centre of Florence was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1982 source Wikipedia org
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