Attractions

Palazzo Pitti, with its stone façade, welcomes thousands of visitors every year. This attraction rises on the left bank of the Arno, in the Oltrarno district—a neighborhood that still preserves the atmosphere of a working-class and artisan area. Yet behind that sober exterior lies a web of stories and collections that never cease to amaze.

The first impact happens in the Ammannati Courtyard—a large internal space bordered by arches and columns where you can immediately sense the monumental scale of the complex.

Among the most famous stops is the Palatine Gallery, home to about five hundred paintings hung along the walls without strict chronological order.

At the center, Raphael’s Madonna della Seggiola seems to gaze at visitors with an expression suspended between sweetness and authority.

On the second floor is the Gallery of Modern Art. The rooms tell the story of the 19th and early 20th centuries, with a collection ranging from Neoclassicism to the Macchiaioli.

A wing of the ground floor houses the Treasury of the Grand Dukes. Once known as the Silver Museum, it collects jewelry, reliquaries, silverware, carved vases, and cameos.

A place that fascinates many visitors is the Museum of Fashion and Costume, located in the Palazzina della Meridiana.

From the inner courtyard, you can access the Boboli Gardens. Here the scene changes completely. Wide avenues, sculpted hedges, marble statues, fountains.