The Uffizi Gallery outside

Galleria degli Uffizi

Florence is the capital of Tuscany and is the most populated city with 367,569 people calling it home. The city of Florence of is an important center of art and architecture. The city gained much prominence during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Florence is also host to a number of tourist attractions that largely includes art galleries, museums, and ancient buildings. The Uffizi Gallery is one such attraction in the city that draws a significant number of tourists.

About Galleria degli Uffizi

Galleria degli Uffizi, also called Uffizi Gallery is one of the popular attractions of the city. It is the oldest museum of its kind in Florence and famous in the country. This art museum is situated in the Palazzo degli Uffizi, a palace in the city of Florence.

The gallery has a huge collection of the artifacts in the palace including the life-sized paintings, and other possessions collected by the Medici family were on display in the museum. Many other works of artists and collections were transferred to other museums in the country. A grand tour through the Galleria degli Uffizi museum would allow you to see some of the exemplary masterpieces of the Medici family.

Exhibits in the Uffizi Gallery

Attractions in Galleria degli Uffizi

The main attraction of Galleria degli Uffizi is the palazzo or the palace where the art gallery is located. The other popular draw for the tourists is the collections that are housed in the gallery. It is home to many pieces of Renaissance artists. Until the present time, these permanent exhibits are preserved in their original form.

Below given are few permanent collections at Galleria degli Uffizi:

  • Leonardo da Vinci- Two paintings of The Annunciation and The Adoration of the Magi
  • Sandro Botticelli- Primavera, The Birth of Venus, The Adoration of the Magi and others
  • Giotto- The Ognissanti Madonna and Badia Polyptych
  • Titian-Flora and Venus of Urbino
  • Michelangelo’s The Doni Tondo
  • Raphael’s work include Madonna of the Goldfinch, Pope Leo X with Cardinals
  • Giulio de Medici, and Luigi de’ Rossi
  • Cimabue’s Maesta
  • Simone Martini- The Annunciation
  • Paolo Uccello- The Battle of San Romano
  • Piero della Francesca
  • Fra Filippo Lippi- Madonna with Child and Two Angels and Incoronation of the Virgin
  • Andrea del Verrocchio- The Baptism of Christ
  • Hugo van der Goes- The Portinari Triptych
  • Piero di Cosimo- Perseus Freeing Andromeda
  • Albrecht Durer- The Adoration of the Magi

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