The Palazzo Pitti, sometimes called the Pitti Palace in English, is a vast palace mainly in the Renaissance style in Florence, Italy, on the south side of the River Arno a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of the ambitious Florentine banker Luca Pitti.
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Building Type Completed YearThe core of the present palazzo dates from 1458, per Wikipedia; the palace was substantially enlarged in later centuries. Classification
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Why this is disputed. Traditionally attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi, though the attribution is debated among architectural historians since the palace was built and completed after his death.
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, located there.
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1. Palazzo Pitti (Wikipedia)
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The Palazzo Pitti, sometimes called the Pitti Palace in English, is a vast palace mainly in the Renaissance style in Florence, Italy, on the south side of the River Arno a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of the ambitious Florentine banker Luca Pitti.
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a vast, mainly in the Renaissance style, palace in Florence, Italy
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The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458
View the Source 3. Wikidata: Palazzo Pitti
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is a vast, mainly in the Renaissance style, palace in Florence, Italy.
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is a vast, mainly in the Renaissance style, palace in Florence, Italy.
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The Palazzo Pitti (Italian: [paˈlattso ˈpitti]), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly in the Renaissance style, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker.
The palace was bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling family of th
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