After crossing into Oltrarno on the other side of the river, you reach Palazzo Pitti, the last private residence of the Medici family and the adjoining Boboli Gardens, located next to the Carmelite Church and the Brancacci Chapel. Palazzo Pitti is an imposing palace in Florence just a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio.  The original structure of the building dates to 1458, as the urban residence of the banker Luca Pitti.  The palace was then purchased by the Medici family in 1549 and became the main residence of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany.   Inside it houses an important group of museums: the Palatine Gallery , arranged according to the criteria of eighteenth-century painting , with masterpieces by Raphael and Titian ; the Royal Apartments , the apartment of the Duchess of Aosta, and the quarters of the Prince of Naples (usually not open to tourists); the Gallery of Modern Art (with works by 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 in the world of an Italian garden.