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The
Uffizi
Gallery
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bellisimo! Walking Tour of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence |
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Booking: Contact IV Travel (first contact by email) |
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ItalianVisits.com links: Florence |
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The tour begins with the world-famous Uffizi painting museum. Famous for its masterpieces by artists such as Giotto, Botticelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Tiziano, and Caravaggio, just to name a few. The main attractions of the Uffizi museum, your guide will concentrate your time inside the Uffizi on the must-see sights of the famous museum.
Through out the tour of the Uffizi we'll spend more time viewing and discussing the works that gave rise to the Florentine Renaissance so that you can enjoy a new understanding of this incredibly important period of art history. Combined with our Original Renaissance walking tour you'll enjoy a new and full understanding of Florence's role in the renaissance movement. The Uffizi museum was originally built by the Medici to house their administrative offices that ruled the city. Hence the name "Uffizi", Offices in Italian. During your tour of the Uffizi museum we'll discuss the Medici family as we tour the top floors of the Uffizi where the grand dukes offices were located. Our tour also includes some time in the open-air sculpture garden of Piazza Signoria to admire the fine works on display.
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