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Ritual: Work

Site: Corrodoio Vasariano

Location: Florence

Architect: Vasari

Year of Completion: 1565

Analysis: Rayna Lu

The Vasari Corridor is an elevated passageway designed by Giorgio Vasari, who was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici from the Medici Family. The original intention was to connect the two dominant royal palaces, Palazzo Pitti and Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence: respectively, one held the main function of political events, as the other one became the residential and leisure space for the royal family. The corridor is over a kilometer long. Various historical artifacts are placed in the hallway as exhibits, and occupants could see the surrounding area through windows along the passway. One of the best views inside the Vasari Corridor is the riverfront view at Ponte Vecchio, where special-made wide windows are facing the river.

 

The ritual of the Vasari Corridor is its extremely exclusive circulation and personal privacy as the elite family in the Tuscany region. It symbolizes the power and authority of the regime. In order to ensure the privacy of the Medici Family, such a ritual could also be revealed on various scales.

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