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Giorgio Vasari born in Arezzo 1511 turned out to be the main architect operating in Florence for the Medici family since 1555, in 1561 he started the construction of the Uffizi Palace and few years later, in 1565, he built in an amazing short period of time the spectacular Vasari Corridor, the overhang skywalk conjucting the political center - the Old Palace - to new residence of the Medici family - the Pitti Palace, crossing the Arno River at the Ponte Vecchio,becoming the safe route to made the rulers inv