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	Palazzo Pitti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The building was sold in 1549 by Buonaccorso Pitti, a descendant of Luca Pitti, to Eleonora di Toledo, raised at the luxurious court of Naples, she was the wife of Cosimo I de' Medici of Tuscany, now the Grand Duke.
		Some of the exhibits are peculiar to the Plazzo Pitti; these include the 16th-century funeral clothes of Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, and Eleonora of Toledo, and her son Garzia, both of whom died of malaria.
		This is to a great extent thanks to the organisation "Amici di Palazzo Pitti" (Friends of the Palazzo Pitti), a group of volunteers and patrons founded in 1996, which raises funds and makes suggestions for the ongoing maintenance of the palazzo and the collections, and for the continuing improvement of their visual display.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pitti_Palace (2696 words)

	Florence in the seventeenth and eighteenth Centuries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The palace was further enlarged between 1640 and 1650 to designs by Alfonso Parigi the Younger, Giulio's son, who adopted the same face of the fifteenth century building and perhaps continued with one of Giulio's plans.
		These transformations and changes to the Pitti Palace also coincided with the construction of' residences that were volumetrically articulated and complex, even in relation to the landscape and the gardens, such as the French chateaux at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles.
		The Artichoke Fountain by the sculptor Giovan Francesco Susini (1641) was situated on the palace terrace at the perspective boundary between the courtyard and the amphitheater.
	www.firenze.turismo.toscana.it /apteng/itinerari/600700/62a.html (899 words)

	The Pitti Palace Collections
		Today, the Pitti Palace is known as one of the finest museums in Italy, if not the world, housing works of art that stretch from early masters like Giotto and Duccio to 20th-century Italian artists.
		Of the other collections on display in the Pitti Palace complex, the Silverworks and Porcelain museums are housed in small, sometimes beautifully frescoed rooms that resemble the guardarobe, or storerooms, where princely families kept their fine plate.
		The Pitti Palace has a selection of 300 of the Pitti's most memorable and magnificent works of art, all beautifully presented in full-color illustrations and accompanied by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren's lively text of the Pitti's architectural and personal history.
	www.hlla.com /catalog/pitti.html (398 words)

	Pitti Palace - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Pitti Palace, former ducal palace in Florence, now a world-famous art gallery, at the foot of the Boboli Hill and facing the Piazza dei Pitti.
		Perugino was born in Città della Pieve, Umbria, and studied painting with the Florentine sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio; he may also have...
		Andrea also produced numerous oil paintings, including portraits, such as those of his wife and of himself (Pitti Palace, Florence); and religious...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Pitti_Palace.html (112 words)

	ItalyGuides.it: Inner court of Pitti Palace, Florence Italy
		At that time, Florence was governed by Pitti's implacable adversaries, the Medici, and destiny was to have it that the building end up in their hands when the rich wife of Cosimo 1 bought it with the park and square lying in front of it as the House's official home in 1550.
		Palazzo Pitti, opening on to the Boboli gardens, was a more prestigious and appropriate alternative for the Medici than their residence in Palazzo Vecchio, still the symbol of Florence's Republican past.
		A fundamental event in the palace history was the Leopold Hapsburg Lorraine decision to open the west wing, seat of the ancient Medici apartments, to the public where they organized the works of the different Medici collections (while the court carried on living in the east wing).
	www.italyguides.it /us/florence/pitti_palace.htm (570 words)

	Florence Italy: The Pitti Palace - Vacation Idea.com
		The Pitti Palace was built in the 15th century by the Florentine Pitti family, and was occupied by the Medici family around 1550 after they came to power.
		Over the centuries, the palace was expanded by the Medici and turned into a priceless private museum of paintings, sculptures and other rate collectibles.
		The Pitti Palace is a massive complex of rooms, works of art and gardens.
	www.vacationidea.com /florence/pitti_palace.html (489 words)

	Info
		In the heart of Palazzo Pitti, fashion is the center of the history and form of art: the narrative voice of parties and everyday life becomes the protagonist of the present and the past.
		Housed in the small building of the Meridiana of the Pitti Palace, The Costume Gallery consists of 13 rooms, where about 6000 clothes and accessories are on exhibit, with biennial rotations displayed on mannequins that are designed to show characters, styles and sizes of various ages.
		The exhibition is a travel through the story of the Palace, since it was purchased on 1550 by Eleonora di Toledo, wife of the first Granduke of Tuscany Cosimo I. The exhibition tries to show us the splendour that characterized the Royal Palace, from the imponent Cortile dell'Ammannati to the rooms of the Royal Floor.
	www.weekendafirenze.com /museidet/palatina_e.htm (4090 words)

	Your way to Florence:accommodation, tourist services and resources of Chianti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
		The palace was then enlarged and altered; from 1560 date the grandiose courtyard and the two lateral wings, designed by Bartolomeo Ammanati (1511-1592) and the complete rearrangement of the gardens.
		Most of the internal decoration of the Pitti was executed during the seventeenth century by Giovanni da San Giovanni, Pietro da Cortona, il Volterrano and Anton Domenico Gabbiani, with the important subsequent work of Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734).
		The rooms on the left of the facade were reserved for the Grand Duke, those on the right for the heir and the lateral wings on the first floor for their respective wives.
	www.arca.net /db/musei/pitti.htm (535 words)

	Florence Art Guide - Piazza Pitti
		The group of museums contained in the Pitti Palace were formed during five centuries of history.
		The square is dominated by the powerful elongated palace building, which Maria de' Medici, Queen of France (1573-1642), used as a model when she had the Luxembourg Palace built in Paris.
		Looking up over and past the Palace rooftop, we can see the trees of the Boboli Gardens, which, covering 320.00 square metres of land, are full of grottos, fountains and statues and sprawl along the slopes of the hill of the same name.
	www.mega.it /eng/egui/monu/pitt.htm (327 words)

	Palazzo Pitti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Palace has three floors: on the ground floor are alternate doors and windows, while on the two upper floors we see a uniform set of windows.
		When the Pitti family fell on bad times, with Bonaccorso, the palace was handed over to Eleanor of Toledo (1549), the first wife of Cosimo I. Work was continued by Ammannati (1558-70) who added the inner wings surrounding the magnificent courtyard and replaced the side doors by two imposing windows.
		After being the residence of the Medici and the Lorena families, the palace passed into the hand of the Savoia family as a royal residence (1865-71).
	ah.phpwebhosting.com /a/OUTofBFLO/italy/flor/pitti/index.html (736 words)

	Florence Art Guide - The Pitti Palace
		The merchant Luca Pitti, first the friend and later the rival of Cosimo "the Elder", commissioned Filippo Brunelleschi to carry out the design of the building in around 1440.
		The palace was built on three floors, with three entrance doors on the ground floor and seven windows on each side of the two upper floors.
		When Eleonora of Toledo bought the estate in 1550, construction work on the monument was intensified and can be divided into two historical stages: the Pitti Palace and the Medici family (until 1737) and the Pitti Palace after the Medici family.
	www.mega.it /eng/egui/monu/pittpala.htm (252 words)

	Palazzo Pitti, Florence
		The Palazzo Pitti ranks as Florence's most importance palazzo together with the Palazzo Vecchio (they are joined by a passage) and the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi.
		The art gallery (Galleria Palatina or Pitti) in the Palazzo Pitti is one of the most important in the world, almost on a par, so far as works of art are concerned, with the collections of the Uffizi.
		The Palazzo Pitti became the residence of the Italian kings (1864-1871) when Florence was the capital of a partially united Italy.
	www.planetware.com /florence/palazzo-pitti-i-to-fppt.htm (441 words)

	Pitti Palace Hotel Florence
		Contained within the walls of the Torre dei Rossi (Rossi Tower), which dates back to 1200, the Hotel Pitti Palace enjoys stunning views of the Florence skyline and major monuments.
		Guests at the Hotel Pitti Palace have the privilege of coming into intimate contact with genuine Florentine atmosphere, past and present.
		The Hotel Pitti Palace features 72 guestrooms, cheerfully decorated and featuring large windows with views of the Oltrarno (Florence's Left Bank).
	www.1sthotels.com /europe/italy/florence/pittipalacehotel.html (228 words)

	Pitti Palace Florence
		The architectonic project of Pitti Palace, ordered by the merchant Luca Pitti and started around 1457 AC, event though it is attributed by some researchers to Leon Battista Alberti, for the main part of the art critics this monument is the work of Filippo Brunelleschi.
		It is during this period that it is added to the three floors palace, faced with ashlar-work and possessing large opened and arched windows, also an important courtyard.
		The famous "passageway vasariano" that goes across Ponte Vecchio unifying Palazzo Pitti with the Offices, on the opposite shore of the Arno River, was realised in 1565 AC at the same time as the beginning of the works for the arrangement of the "gardens of Boboli".
	www.toscanaviva.com /Firenze/pitti_palace.htm (290 words)

	Hotel Pitti Palace Florence Italie
		A stone's throw from Ponte Vecchio and the Vasari Corridor, the Hotel Pitti Palace Florence *** is located in one of the districts most evocative of medieval Florence.
		The suite is the only of its kind in Florence: it is located on the seventh floor of the Hotel and the guest is treated to a 360° view of Florence and the surrounding hills.
		The space comprises a small study, a living room with a view of the Pitti Palace, the Boboli Gardens and Santo Spirito.
	www.benotel.com /italy/florence/pittipalace/french.htm (322 words)

	Vivahotels Pitti Palace Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy
		The Vivahotels Pitti Palace al Ponte Vecchio, Florence is housed in a medieval tower, set amid shops and cafés at Ponte Vecchio, two blocks from Pitti Palace and four blocks from Santo Spirito Church and the Uffizi Gallery.
		On the sixth floor of the Vivahotels Pitti Palace al Ponte Vecchio in Florence, guests can enjoy the café lounge, the bar or one of two spacious terraces, all of which offer breathtaking views over the beautiful city skyline.
		The Vivahotels Pitti Palace al Ponte Vecchio is 100 metres from the Uffizi Gallery, which houses Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Piazza Duomo is 400 metres away, and Brancacci Chapel is 500 metres from the hotel.
	www.hotel-rates.com /italy/florence/vivahotels-pitti-palace-ponte-vecchio.html (687 words)

	Florence Pitti Palace guided tour:Pitti Palaces's Palatine Gallery tour by WeekendaFirenze
		The Pitti Palace was begun during the second half of the fifteenth century by Luca Pitti, but was unfinished at his death in 1472.
		Tradition says that the palace was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) and built by his pupil Luca Fancelli.
		Under Cosimo II de' Medici (died 1621) the opening up of the view was begun together with the layout of the piazza, carried out to the designs of Giulio and Alfonso Parigi.
	www.weekendafirenze.com /guided/8.php (587 words)

	Hotel in florence near Ponte Vecchio and Pitti Palace
		The Viva Hotel Pitti Palace al Ponte Vecchio is contained within the walls of the "Torre dei Rossi" (Rossi Tower), which dates back to 1200.
		Near Pitti Palace, a stone's throw from Ponte Vecchio and the Vasari Corridor, the hotel is located in one of the districts most evocative of medieval Florence.
		It is also within walking distance of both the Uffizi Gallery and the Pitti Palace.
	www.vivahotels.com /framuk_p.htm (348 words)

	Pitti Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Pitti_Palace.html (380 words)

	Viva Hotel Pitti Palace Florence : Florence Hotels
		The Viva Hotel Pitti Palace Florence is a historical Italian Palazzo, which has recently been renovated to a very high standard.
		Viva Hotel Pitti Palace Florence's guest has the privilege of coming in intimate contact with genuine Florentine atmosphere, past and present.
		The Viva Hotel Pitti Palace Florence is well located in the centre of Florence on the river side right by the Ponte Vecchio, within easy walking distance to the Uffizi Gallery Pitti Palace and the mai..
	www.holidaycityeurope.com /pitti-palace-florence/index.htm (257 words)

	Pitti Palace Hotel - Florence
		The Pitti Palace Hotel is a 3 Star hotel.
		The hotel Pitti Palace is well located in the centre of Florence on the river side right by the Ponte Vecchio, within easy walking distance to the Uffizi Gallery Pitti Palace and the main sights and museums.
		The breakfast room/bar is located on the sixth floor, from where you will be able to enjoy the breathtaking view over the rooftops of florence.
	www.placestostay.com /hotel.html?hotel_id=72849&P1=110.00&P2=450.00&BR=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.placestostay.com%2Fsearch.html%3FFE%3D11010%26DUI%3Dmi%26LA%3D1%26NI%3D1409%26NN%3D1%26PG%3D2%26DC%3D1&num=27_73&FE=11010&LA=1&NI=1409&NN=1&PG=2&DC=1 (273 words)

	Hotel Park Palace, Florence, Italy - Florence Monuments - Pitti Palace
		Situated at the foot of the Boboli hill in the piazza called "Diladdarno", it was constructed by Brunelleschi by the wishes of Luca Bonaccorso, in the second half of 1400.
		The first construction of the Palace was much smaller than that which was ordered, having only 2 covered floors with stone ashlars.
		It was then that the Grand Duke Ferdinand II called in artists like Giovanni da Sangiovanno and Pietro da Cortona to render the Palace a real palace for the occasion of his wedding to Vittoria della Rovere.
	www.parkpalace.com /english/florence_monuments_pitti.html (292 words)

	Polo Museale Fiorentino - The Palatine Gallery and Royal Apartments
		The Palatine Gallery occupies the whole left wing of the first floor of the Pitti Palace, which was the residence of the Medici grand-dukes.
		In 1828, when Tuscany came under the rule of the Lorraine family, the most important paintings in the Palace, most of which had been collected by the Medici, were hung in the Gallery.
		In the courtyard of the Pitti Palace and at the entrance to the Gallery.
	www.polomuseale.firenze.it /english/musei/palatina (496 words)

	Clever Magazine, Vol. ll, Issue #2 "Pitti Palace Artist " ...
		There is a row of street artists just outside Firenze's Pitti Palace who paint outdoors and sell their work to passersby.
		She spent every day outside the Pitti, selling her work to visitors to make a living and to put her son through school.
		I asked her what type of paintings were the most popular, and she told me the ones that sold the best were the ones that I had purchased earlier.
	www.clevermag.com /art/pitti.htm (730 words)

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