The building which hosts the Uffizi Gallery is one of the master pieces of XVI century architecture. Projected in 1560 by Giorgio Vasari, court architect and painter, by request of the Duce Cosimo I de Medici, this vast and scenographic building, created in only five years, is connected to Palazzo Vecchio via the famous Vasariano corridor, and with Palazzo Pitti, home of the Royal Palace.