The Uffizi Gallery is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world. Uffizi houses the premier collection of Italian Renaissance art, featuring works by such masters as Botticelli, Titian, Michelangelo and da Vinci. Visit Uffizi Gallery: it was built between 1560 and 1581 under the request of Granduca Francisco de’ Medici, son of Cosimo I.
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Jump the external line and visit Uffizi Gallery. Originally it was built to house the administrative and judiciary offices of Florence, the Uffizi (Italian for offices). Some of the works of art you should see are: the Birth of Venus and La Primavera by Botticelli, Madonna of the Goldfinch by Raphael, Doni Tondo by Michelangelo, the Ognissanti Madonna by Giotto and the Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci. Spending two or three hours at Uffizi gallery means to merge oneself into the culture of the Renaissance but not only: rests of Greek and Roman sculptures are present in this gallery, where it is possible to reconstruct the path of Italian art. Visit Uffizi Gallery and discover the treasures it contains.
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Visiting Uffizi Gallery, the visitor cannot loose the Madonna of the Goldfinch, a painting by Raffaello. Raffaello was born in Urbino but became famous in Florence, where he was inspired from Leonardo da Vinci. From Leonardo da Vinci he took the cure of the details of the landscape behind the Madonna, landscape that results realistic. Visiting Uffizi Gallery you will also notice that in the paintings there are details which are proper from Raffaello: the sweetness of the faces of the Madonna and the two children. It is said that also Raffaello had a very sweet face, this amazing artist had the misfortune to die very young, at the age of 37 years old. However, his works are eternal, and you can encounter it at Uffizi Gallery.
