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- Museums in Europe
- Museums in Amsterdam
- Museums in Aries
- Museums in Athens
- Museums in Barcelona
- Museums in Berlin
- Museums in Bruges
- Museums in Brussels
- Museums in Budapest
- Museums in Copenhagen
- Museums in Cracow
- Museums in Dijon
- Museums in Dublin
- Museums in Edinburgh
- Museums in Florence
- Museums in Haarlem
- Museums in Helsinki
- Museums in Lisbon
- Museums in London
- Museums in Lucerne
- Museums in Madrid
- Museums in Midleton
- Museums in Munich
- Museums in Oslo
- Museums in Paris
- Museums in Potsdam
- Museums in Prague
- Museums in Rome
- Museums in Seville
- Museums in Siena
- Museums in Stockholm
- Museums in Toledo
- Museums in Venice
- Museums in Vienna
- Museums in Warsaw
Uffizi (Florence)
Uffizi built in 1560-80 as a suite of
offices for Duke Cosimo's new Tuscan administration. The architect,
Vasari, used iron reinforcement to create an almost continuous wall
of glass on the upper story. From 1581 Cosimo's heirs, beginning with
Francesco I, used this well-lit space to display the family art treasures,
thus creating what is now the oldest art gallery in the world.
The cafe terrace merits a visit for its unusual views
of Piazza delia Signoria.Corridor ceilings are frescoed in the "grotesque"
style of the 1580s, inspired by Roman grottoes.
The Uffizi art collection is housed on
the top floor. Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures are displayed in the
corridor nmning round the inner side of the building. The paintings
are hung in a series of rooms off the main corridor, in chronological
order, to reveal the development of Florentine art from Gothic to High
Renaissance and beyond. Most of the best known paintings are grouped
in rooms 7-18. To avoid the long queues, book your visiting time in
advance.
Museums in Florence
- Bargello (Florence)
- Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence)
- Museo di Storia dell a Scienza (Florence)
- Palazzo Pitti (Florence)
- Uffizi (Florence)