PITTI PALACE – ( PALAZZO PITTI )

தி Pitti palace ( பலாஸ்ஸோ பிட்டி ) was built in 1458 for Florentine industrialist லூக்கா பிட்டி. தி stone pillars and walls are rusticated மற்றும் echoed the rough, symmetrical framework of மறுமலர்ச்சி architecture. There is a substantial, symmetrical framework, high, broad arches, and a வலுவான, balanced framework.

The building was constructed during the second half of the 15வது century. Luca Fancelli, Brunelleschi’s apprentice, was commissioned by புளோரன்டைன் merchant Luca Pitti, an ally and friend of Cosimo de Medici. A major goal of Pitti’s was to make his residence one of the most imposing in the city.

The house later became the property of Eleonora di Toledo, the wife of Cosimo I de Medici and a famous and powerful duchess. With a broad collection of galleries and the spectacular போபோலி தோட்டம், it has become Florence’s largest museum.

தி Pitti Palace served as a residence for King Vittorio Emanuele II during the period when புளோரன்ஸ் was the capital of இத்தாலி. தி Pitti Palace was donated to the Italian state by his grandson Vittorio Emanuele III உள்ளே 1919, becoming the city’s museum headquarters.

There are four museums in the Palace today: the Treasury of the Grand Dukes on the ground floor, the Palatine Gallery மற்றும் தி Imperial and Royal Apartments on the first floor, தி Gallery of Modern Art, and the Museum of Costume and Fashion on the second floor.