A 16th-century secret passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy, has opened to the public for the first time ...

The fortress and the Passetto di Borgo were strengthened by popes, notably Pope Alexander VI Borgia, who added towers and reinforcements to transform the corridor into a covered passage.

Florence's Vasari Corridor, a historic passage once exclusive to the Medici family, is now open to the public for the first ...

Vasari modeled the passage on a similar structure in Rome. Entrants descend 58 steps from the second floor of the Uffizi to a covered brick walkway alongside the river—visible through porthole ...