Palazzo Pitti is a vast Renaissance palace on the south bank of the Arno in Florence. It was begun in the fifteenth century for the banker Luca Pitti, and the Medici family bought it in the sixteenth century and made it the main residence of the grand dukes of Tuscany. They extended it and laid out the Boboli Gardens behind it, and later the House of Savoy also used the palace. Today it contains several museums, including the Palatine Gallery, which holds works by Raphael and Titian, as well as costume and silver collections.
Before and after
- 1455Construction of Grand Bazaar
- from 22 May 1455 to 16 June 1487Wars of the Roses
- from 4 July 1456 to 22 July 1456Siege of Belgrade
- 28 January 1457Birth of Henry VII of England
- c. 1458Construction of Palazzo Pitti
- 2 March 1459Birth of Adrian VI
- 1460Construction of Topkapı Palace
- from 14 September 1460 to 15 August 1461Siege of Trebizond in 1461
- c. 1462Origins of Sarajevo
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- from 1438 to 1533Inca Empire
The era
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