For Tuscany Day, Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens free admission

OnSaturday, November 30, 2019, on the occasion of Tuscan Day, an anniversary commemorating the Grand Duchy’s abolition of the death penalty, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens will have free admission.

“This historic turning point not only for Tuscany, but for Europe and all of humanity happened thanks to the enlightened intellect of the promoter of the new penal code, Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Habsburg-Lorraine, a character of powerful historical impact whom we celebrate with the special free opening. In one fell swoop, with the penal reform he enacted, he erased not only the death penalty, but the Grand Duchy’s most medieval norms, such as torture, the crime of lese-majesty, and confiscation of property, espousing the principles of the Enlightenment. Peter Leopold always thought of the citizens and their welfare: he was responsible for opening the Boboli Gardens to the public in 1766, and the Uffizi Gallery in 1769,” said Uffizi Galleries director Eike Schmidt.

Two temporary exhibitions are also being held at the Pitti Palace: on the ground floor, Plasmato dal fuoco, the exhibition dedicated to great bronze sculpture from Giambologna to the most important Florentine artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; in the Angiolini foyer, on the other hand, the contemporary art exhibition of German painter Neo Rauch is being hosted, displaying works created between 2008 and 2019, many of which were conceived specifically for the spaces of the Pitti Palace.

Sunday, December 1, also sees the return of a new appointment with Sunday at the Museum: free admission, therefore, to the Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens.

For Tuscany Day, Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens free admission

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