Uffizi Gallery
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The Uffizi gallery was originally designed around 1560 by Giorgio Vasari as special offices for the Duke Cosimo I of the Medici family. The gallery is rectangular in shape, beginning at the Signoria Palace and stretching to the Arno river. Francesco I, the son of Cosimo I, started a private art collection on the second floor of the Uffizi. Over the centuries, the Medici and the Lorraine families added more and more precious art to the collection at the Uffizi gallery as well as the Pitti Palace.
The Botticelli Rooms
This is are must-see rooms for any serious art lover. The Birth of Venus (completed around 1485) is a truly magnificent piece of art depicting the Roman goddess of love born from the sea, as she is being blown towards land to be covered with a cloak. The Botticelli Room also features the Allegory of Spring, Pallas and the Centaur, Madonna of the Pomegranate, the Annunciation, Adoration of the Magi, and other works by Sandro Botticelli.The Leonardo Room
This room features the Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo da Vinci. It also houses works by Perugino, Luca Signorelli and others.The Uffizi also houses Michelangelo's Holy Family, Titian's Venus of Urbino, as well as later paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Caravaggio and Rembrandt.
Visiting the Uffizi gallery in Florence Italy
Because of its popularity and because only small groups are let into the museum at one time, people have to wait in line for several hours to visit the Uffizi Gallery. Not many visitors know there is number that you can call in advance and reserve a specific time to visit the museum. For only about US $1 extra, you can call 39-055-294-883 (Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and buy your tickets for the Uffizi Gallery in Florence Italy.The Uffizi in Florence Italy is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:50 p.m. and on Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays and on certain holidays. Tickets cost 8 euro.
Uffizi, Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence, +39-055-2388-651, +39-055-2388-652,
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Written By the Travel Editors at VacationIdea.com, Last Update: May 25, 2006