Barbour, which has been making garments since 1894, showed at Pitti instead of London.

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One of my favorite restaurants, where I go all the time, is Bar Pitti.

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He would simply build an overground passageway above one side of the Ponte Vecchio, reaching from the Palazzo Pitti to the Uffizi offices.

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For years this was considered the poorest part of Florence, worth visiting only for attractions like the Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens.

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Barbour was one of 600 UK-based buyers who showed at Pitti this season, which overlapped with the biannual menswear shows in London.

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Cosimo I de' Medici, then the second duke of Florence, purchased the Palazzo Pitti in 1549, and up until the completion of Versailles in Paris in the early 18th Century, Palazzo Pitti was considered the most opulent palace in Europe.

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