The Uffizi Gallery
One of the greatest museums in Italy and the world is the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. They are so called “Uffizi” because they were intended to house the offices of the famous Medici family (Uffizi = offices). Anyway, from the beginning, the Medici set aside certain rooms to host the finest works from their collections.
Today the Uffizi is a museum containing masterpieces by Italian and foreign artists from the 13th to the 18th century, such as Giotto, Masaccio, Cimabue, Beato Angelico, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Piero della Francesca, Raphael, Caravaggio, along with Rubens, Rembrandt, Dürer, Goya and many others.
The Uffizi Gallery is connected with the Pitti Palace by the Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano) that hosts a rich collection of self-portraits realized by past and present artists. Designed and realized in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari, it passes above the Ponte Vecchio, the "Old Bridge", with its fascinating and famous jewelry shops.
Today the Uffizi is a museum containing masterpieces by Italian and foreign artists from the 13th to the 18th century, such as Giotto, Masaccio, Cimabue, Beato Angelico, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Piero della Francesca, Raphael, Caravaggio, along with Rubens, Rembrandt, Dürer, Goya and many others.
The Uffizi Gallery is connected with the Pitti Palace by the Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano) that hosts a rich collection of self-portraits realized by past and present artists. Designed and realized in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari, it passes above the Ponte Vecchio, the "Old Bridge", with its fascinating and famous jewelry shops.