Casa Vasari

It is a unique experience: you have the possibility to breathe the atmosphere of a beautiful house dating back to the 16th century completely frescoed by Giorgio Vasari and perfectly preserved!

You can't come to Arezzo and miss Vasari's house

Well worth a visit. Vasari was a very prolific fellow all together

Worthwhile small museum with a lovely garden.

Small, but very impressive museum. Well worth the ticket price to experience the work and art of one of the most important authors of the Renaissance in what used to be his private home. Especially his representative salon is mind-blowing.

the house can be visited separately or in a ticket combined with the church of san francesco. the visit lasts 30 minutes. you only visit one floor and the garden of the house. in the house you can see frescoes painted by Vasari and other painters from that period. The house is well preserved. Vasari, painter, architect and Italian art historian, became famous through his work: "The lives of the most renowned Italian architects, painters and sculptors, from Cimabue to our times." Giorgio Vasari was born on July 30, 1511 in Arezzo. In the year 1550 the first edition of the work to which Vasari's reputation is linked appears: "Vite de 'più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani da Cimabue insino a' TEMPOS", in which he orders the materials collected since 1540 on the life and works great artists. During this period he meets Michelangelo, who advises him to also deal with architecture. In 1568 the second edition of his capital work of art history "Vite de 'più eccellenti ..." appears, enriched with new materials and which constitutes to this day an indispensable source of documentation in this field. In 1554 he settled in Florence, invited by the Duke Cosimo I de 'Medici, who hired him for urban and architectural works. It begins with the restructuring of the old palace ("Palazzo Vecchio"), then continues with the construction of the administrative building "Palazzo degli Uffizi", which will be completed only in 1580, after his death, and which will later become the famous art gallery. In 1563 he begins the great frescoes for the decoration of the "di Cinquecento" salon in Palazzo Vecchio, and in 1565 he begins to build the so-called "Corridoio vasariano" ("The Vasarian Corridor"), which unites Palazzo Vecchio with Palazzo Pitti, crossing the Arno river over Ponte Vecchio, which should serve as a refuge for the ducal family in case of need.

The historical house of the artist and art historian Giorgio Vasari. Very small but beautiful rooms with frescoes in the ceiling, especially notable the one with with the arts depicted (music, sculpture, painting and architecture) and the main one with the fireplace. In the latter there is a central depiction of the allegory of virtue, fortune and envy (virtù, fortuna e invidia). Depending from which side of the room you are looking the painting a different one of the three seems victorious! On the walls fire (on the fireplace side) with a city in flame and abundace on the opposite (with a city flooded).

Fantastic, breathtaking experience. It is a must, if someone visits Arezzo. Ticket must be booked in advance. It can be done via email as well. But it worked also on the spot, as tourists do not inundate the city yet.