Palazzo Pitti

Visits will take place every day, except Mondays, from 10:15 to 16:30.

The birth of the Gallery dates back to 1784, when the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo reorganised the ancient Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, founded in 1563 by Cosimo I de’ Medici, into the modern Accademia di Belle Arti. The new institution was to house a collection of ancient and modern paintings and sculptures in order to facilitate knowledge and study for the Academy’s young students.

On the hill that stretches behind the Pitti Palace and reaches as far as Porta Romana is the splendid Boboli Gardens, the historical park of the palace of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany.