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Uffizi Galleries. An encounter with great Western art: an everlasting wonder. From the Uffizi to the Boboli Gardens: a road above the city. Between public and private court life: a Palace for three dynasties. Where Nature, Art, Science and Alchemy meet.
The Uffizi Gallery (UK: / juː ˈ f ɪ t s i, ʊ ˈ f iː t s i / yoo-FIT-see, uu-FEET-see; Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi, pronounced [ɡalleˈriːa deʎʎ ufˈfittsi]) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
The Gallery entirely occupies the first and second floors of the large building constructed between 1560 and 1580 and designed by Giorgio Vasari. It is famous worldwide for its outstanding collections of ancient sculptures and paintings (from the Middle Ages to the Modern period). The collections of paintings from the 14th-century and ...
Sitting on the banks of the Arno in Florence, the Uffizi galleries house one of the best collections of Renaissance art anywhere in the world. Uffizi means 'offices', and the building was...
The Uffizi Galleries first brought together three extraordinary museum complexes in 2014. Together, these three structures contain the core of the collections of art, precious artisan-made objects, books, and plants belonging to the Medici, Habsburg-Lorraine and Savoy families.
Apr 23, 2024 · Uffizi Gallery, art museum in Florence that has the world’s finest collection of Italian Renaissance painting, particularly of the Florentine school. It also has antiques, sculpture, and more than 100,000 drawings and prints.
The Uffizi is a truly unmissable museum on a trip to Florence. It houses some of the most important works of art in the world, by artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. But it is also a magnificent Renaissance building with a fascinating history.
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