Among the major museums in the world, the Gallery of the Uffizi is one of the oldest. The building was projected by Giorgio Vasari and commissioned by CosiMo I de Medici. The palace became the seat of the magisterial and administrative offices, the Uffizi of the Medici’s family. The architect chose the Doric style and constructed the bilding in two wings. Five years later, in just a few month, Vasari projected and built the elevated corridor which connects the Uffizi palace to the new Medici’s residence, Palazzo Pitti, crossing the Arno river and ending in the Boboli Gardens. In 1581, Cosimo’s heir, Francesco I, decided to use the luminous rooms of this palace to display the family’s art treasures, and thus created a place where you can “walk with pictures an statues and other precious things”.
The Uffizi can boast of an unequaled artistic patrimony, with thousands of paintings from the Medieval period to the modern day. The main body of the collection however, is represented by Renaissance art, displayed on the first floor of the building where masterpieces are presented in chronological order.
This gallery is very crowded, especially from March to the end of October and during the weekend s in general. It welcomes more than 1,5 million visitors per year. For this reason, an advanced ticket reservation is warmly suggested. in this case, visitors can avoid the line in fron of the ticket office.
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