Palazzo Pitti is an imposing Renaissance palace in Florence .

It is located in the Oltrarno area, a short distance from Ponte Vecchio. The original core of the building dates back to 1458, as the urban residence of the banker Luca Pitti. In 1919 Vittorio Emanuele III donated it to the state: since then it has been a state museum. Inside it is in fact housed an important set of museums: the Palatine Gallery , arranged according to the criterion of the eighteenth-century picture gallery, with masterpieces by Raphael and Titian ; the royal apartments , the apartment of the Duchess of Aosta and the neighborhood of the Prince of Naples; the Gallery of Modern Art (with the works of the Macchiaioli), and other specialized museums: the Treasury of the Grand Dukes , dedicated to applied art; the Museum of Fashion and Costume, the largest Italian museum dedicated to fashion; the Porcelain Museum and the Carriage Museum.

The palace is completed by the Boboli Gardens, one of the best examples of an Italian garden in the world. Of great value is the vault of the Palatine Gallery frescoed by Pietro da Cortona and depicting the Allegory of Casa Medici .