LC control no. | sh2003006771 |
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Topical heading | Corridoio vasariano (Galleria degli Uffizi) |
Variant(s) | Vasari Corridor (Galleria degli Uffizi) |
See also | Corridors--Italy Galleria degli Uffizi |
Found in | Work cat.: Il Corridoio vasariano agli Uffizi, c2002. Encycl. Britannica online, June 5, 2003: under Uffizi Gallery (in 1559 Cosimo I de' Medici engaged Giorgio Vasari to plan a building for the offices (uffizi) of the government judiciary; the Vasari corridor connecting the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace) Hibbert, C. Florence, 1993: p. 356 (The ground plan of the Uffizi is a long rectangle open at one end with rooms and galleries projecting outwards; a door towards the southern end of the west loggia opens into the Corridoio vasariano) Treasures of the Uffizi, Florence, 1996: p. 7 (the Uffizi's connection on one side, by way of a bridge, to the Palazzo Vecchio, and on the other side, by way of a long passageway (known as the Vasari corridor), to the Pitti) Uffizi gallery, 1999: p. 20 (in 1866 the Vasari corridor became part of the museum) |