Palazzo Vecchio: Life at the Medici Court

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Today, Palazzo Vecchio is a museum, but in the past its richly decorated rooms constituted the magnificent residence of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, his wife Eleonora di Toledo, and their eleven children.

Discover their everyday life and habits in an ongoing comparison with life today, as your guide accompanies you through the rooms of the Palace. Witness the palace’s pomp and splendor as you imagine the incredible festivities and sumptuous banquets that took place in the Great Hall, and satisfy your curiosity about more personal and private details, such as the bathroom arrangements or the flowering terraces cultivated by the Duchess.

Your tour culminates with a visit to the Gallery of Renaissance Costumes, where you'll see some replicas of dresses that belonged to the members of the ducal family: Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, his wife Eleonora of Toledo, their children Bia, Giovanni, Lucrezia, and Garcia. You'll have a chance to see and touch – and sometimes even wear - cloaks, robes, shoes, feathered hats, jewels, and ornaments in the style of the 16th century, as well as play with some of the young princes' toys.

Would you like to add the rental of the video guide tablet for Palazzo Vecchio to your ticket? 

The video guide is a modern 7-inch tablet complete with headset. Tablet rental time is 2 hours, so the time of booking of the tablet will be calculated based on the time of booking of the selected combination. The tablet contains an explanation of the Monumental Quarters without the Bianca Cappello Room. Video guide tablet can be picked up at the Info Point of the Museum of Palazzo Vecchio.

Tablet characteristics:

• Interactive Map of the Palace
• 60 minutes of video contents available in 6 languages (English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, and Russian).
• 3D reconstructions (including the Salone dei Cinquecento, the Green Room and The Room of Maps)
• Photo Gallery: 60 zoomable pictures in high resolution

Tickets:

• Full price ticket
• Reduced price ticket: people between 18 and 25 years old.
• Free ticket: children under 18 years old and Firenze card holders. On an experimental basis throughout 2019, free admission for European Union citizens aged between 18 and 25 years old, on Monday.