Purchased in 1550, the Palace was chosen by Cosimo I de’ Medici and his wife Eleanor of Toledo as the new Grand Ducal residence, and it soon became the new symbol of the Medici’s power over Tuscany. It was also the royal palace of other two dynasties: the House of Lorraine-Habsburg (which succeeded the Medici from 1737) and the Kings of Italy of the House of Savoy, who inhabited it from 1865. Nonetheless the palace still bears the name of its first owner, the Florentine banker Luca Pitti that in the mid-1400s started its construction – maybe after a design by Brunelleschi – at the foot of the Boboli hill beyond the Arno river.
Today the Palace is divided into four museums: the Treasury of the Grand Dukes on the ground floor, the Palatine Gallery and the Royal Apartments on the first floor, the Modern Art Gallery and the Museum of Costume and Fashion on the second floor.
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Timetable
| Opening days | From Tuesday to Sunday |
| Opening hours | 08.15 am - 6.50 pm |
| Closed on |
Mondays 1 January, 25 December |
| Notes |
Closure starts from 6.30 pm |
Tickets
| Period | from 01/03 to 31/10 | from 01/11 to 28/02 |
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Single ticket |
regular 16€ reduced 8€ |
regular 10€ reduced 5€ |
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Combined ticket for all museums |
regular 38€ reduced 21€ |
regular 18€ reduced 11€ |
| Annual subscription Pitti Palace | 35€ | |
| Annual subscription for all museums | 70€ | |
Free entry on the first Sunday of each month (get the free ticket at the ticket office; it is not possible to book tickets on this day).
More info on free admission and reduced prices
Ticket reservation (fee 3€) online or by phone at +39 055 294883. For school groups reservation is required and free.
50% discount early in the morning. Purchase the ticket before 8:59am and enter until 9:25am. More info