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Uffizi Gallery

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The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the historic center of Florence, in the Tuscany region of Italy. One of the most important and most visited Italian museums, and one of the largest and best known in the world, it holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance.

Facts
Year Created
1581 1
Location
Florence, Tuscany, Italy 1
Architectural Style
Renaissance 1
Building Type
Art museum 1
Commissioned By
Cosimo I de' Medici 1
Construction
from 1560 1
Current Use
Art museum, open to the public 1
Visitor Access
Open to the public; advance tickets available online 1
Classification
Genre
Architecture 1
Connections

In Form

Florentine Renaissance civic building, now a museum.

In Movement

Renaissance, Movements

Designed by Giorgio Vasari as a defining Renaissance civic building (1560s).

In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Uffizi Gallery (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Infobox, architectural style field
  • Infobox, building type field
  • Infobox, location field
  • Infobox, current use field
  • History section (patron)
    The building of the Uffizi complex was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici
  • History section (construction start)
    The building of the Uffizi complex was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici
  • Infobox, visitor access field
  • History section (completion)
    it was completed in 1581. The top floor was made into a gallery for the family and their guests
  • Genre reference
    The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the historic center of Florence, in the Tuscany region of Italy.
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