Description of the attraction
Pitti is one of the grandest palaces in Florence. It was created in 1487, presumably according to the project of Brunelleschi. In the 16th century, Ammannati expanded it. Rustic cladding of huge blocks covers the entire façade. The only decoration is the lion's heads, crowned with crowns, placed under the windows of the lower floor. The palace houses the Royal Apartments, the Palatine Gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art, the Jewelry Museum and the Carriage Museum.
The Palatine Gallery exhibits a collection of paintings by artists such as Botticelli, Titian, Perugino, Tintoretto, Veronese, Giorgione. The works of art collected by members of the Medici and Habsburg-Lorraine dynasties are still hung in accordance with the wishes of the great dukes, regardless of theme and chronology.
The royal apartments on the ground floor of the southern wing of the palace were created in the 17th century. The interior is decorated with frescoes by many Florentine masters, a series of Medici portraits by the painter Justus Sustermans, who worked at the local court, as well as French, Belgian and Italian tapestries of the 17th-18th centuries.
