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Florence Vasari Corridor reopens after 8 years, letting visitors walk the secret Medici pathway above Ponte Vecchio. Rare view of Florence’s history.

The corridor was built by the powerful Medici family to allow them to move secretly and safely from one part of the historic Italian city to another.