Ufizzi
Galleries
Constructed in the middle of the sixteenth century by
architect Giorgio Vasari, was initially a place dedicated
to the offices of the magistrature (from here came its
name because ufizzi means office in italian) but the Medici
destined the third floor to serve as deposit of some of
their works of art. In 1737, the collection became of
public dominion. At the present time, the museum consists
on 45 rooms in which the collection is arranged in chronological
order, from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century.
There are representative works of the Italian art- specially
from the Tuscany-, Flamenco, French, Dutch and German.
Loggiato degli Uffizi, 6
Florence
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