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Giorgio Vasari overseeing the construction of the Uffizi Gallery while Renaissance craftsmen build the monumental arcade commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici in Florence.
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Uffizi Gallery: History and Medici Legacy

Uffizi Gallery: History, Medici Legacy and the Birth of the Modern Museum The Uffizi Gallery is one of the world’s greatest museums and undoubtedly one of Florence’s most iconic attractions. Every year, millions of visitors come to admire masterpieces by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Caravaggio. Yet the Uffizi was never intended to […]

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Master artisan creating a pietra dura inlay at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence with Florence Cathedral in the background
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Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure

The Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure reveals one of Florence’s most extraordinary artistic traditions. Instead of paintings created with brush and pigment, visitors discover flowers, birds, landscapes and architectural scenes composed from carefully selected pieces of natural stone. From a distance, some works look almost like paintings. Only when you move closer do you realise […]

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