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	Uffizi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Uffizi Gallery (Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world.
		Today, the Uffizi is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Florence.
		The style of the deaths mirrors the work of Dante and Carravagio, the presence of both of which is strongly felt in the Uffizi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uffizi (473 words)

	Florence - Firenze - Tuscany - Welcome to Italy
		Palazzo Vecchio, certainly the most beautiful of all the town-halls built anywhere in italy during the Middle Ages is an enormous structure: massive below and then gracefully tapering upwards to touch the sky with Arnolfo's tower.
		The Palazzo degli Uffizi, a sixteenth century project by Vasari is home of the gallery with the same name and hence, of one of the greatest art collections in the world.
		Not far from Piazza della Signoria are the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, enlarged by Brunelleschi and the church of Orsanmichele.
	www.emmeti.it /Welcome/Toscana/Firenze/Intro/intro2.uk.html (292 words)

	Giorgio Vasari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many of his pictures still exist, the most important being the wall and ceiling paintings in the great hall of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, and his uncompleted frescoes inside the vast dome of the Duomo, completed by Federigo Zuccaro.
		The loggia of the Palazzo degli Uffizi by the Arno opens up the vista at the far end of its long narrow courtyard, a unique piece of urbanistic planning that functions as a public piazza, and which, if one considered it as a short street, is the unique Renaissance street with a unified architectural treatment.
		Unhappily he did much to injure the fine medieval churches of Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce, from both of which he removed the original rood screen and loft, and remodelled the retro-choir in the Mannerist taste of his time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vasari (868 words)

	pl.net uffizi 26-2-2004
		Italy is to try to turn the Uffizi gallery in Florence into Europe's premier art museum, with an ambitious 56m euro (£38m) scheme to double its exhibition space.
		The horseshoe-shaped Palazzo degli Uffizi, begun in 1560, was designed by the artist and historian Giorgio Vasari.
		At the heart of the plan is the opening up of the first floor of the vast building, which for decades was occupied by the local branch of the national archives.
	www.pl.net /5life/uffizi.htm (537 words)

	TCI - Your perfect Italy - Florence: Uffizi
		Vast and majestic, it is dominated by the structure of Palazzo Vecchio and lightened by the three spacious arches of the Loggia della Signoria, or Loggia dei Lanzi.
		Built, from 1299 on, to plans by Arnolfo di Cambio as the Palazzo dei Priori, it became the Palazzo della Signoria in the 15th century, and from 1540 to 1565 was the residence of the Medici.
		The entrance is under the portico of the Palazzo degli Uffizi, at n.
	www.touringclub.it /international_TCI/perfect_italy_Florence_2.asp (407 words)

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		By Verrocchio, in the Palazzo Vecchio Madonna Adoring.
		Ascribed to Filippino Lippi, in the Uffizi The Adoration of the Magi.
		By Luca della Robbia, in the Spedale degli Innocenti The Birth of the Virgin.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/0/7/6/10769/10769-8.txt (18667 words)

	Your way to Florence:accommodation, tourist services and resources of Chianti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
		The Uffizi Palace was constructed in the mid- sixteenth century by the architect Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) in the period when Cosimo de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany, was bureaucratically consolidating his recent takeover of power.
		Built in the form of a horse shoe extending from Piazza Signoria to the River Arno and linked with Palazzo Vecchio by a bridge over the street, the Uffizi were intended to house the offices of the magistrature (Uffizi = offices).
		Apart from its paintings, the Uffizi exhibits ancient Roman sculpture and sixteenth century sculpture; these are all seen in the three corridors whose ceilings are frescoed with grotesques.
	www.arca.net /db/musei/uffizi.htm (1028 words)

	Uffizi museum,tickets reservation for the Uffizi Gallery:Weekend a Firenze
		At the present day the Palazzo degli Uffizi hosts one of the most admired and visited museums in the world for the quality of its artworks and the history that accompanies them from the 13th century to the 18th century: the Uffizi Gallery.
		At the present day the Uffizi Gallery is one of the most famous and celebrated museums in the world, the symbol of the vocation for collecting and to patronage.
		An interesting group is represented by the artworks commissioned by the corporations of arts and trades thanks to their economical, cultural and artistic exchanges, Florence has become the world capital of art and, especially a meeting and exchanging landmark for the most important Italian and foreign artists.
	www.weekendafirenze.com /museidet/uffizi_e.htm (1954 words)

	Corrina's Travel Consulting - Florence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Palazzo Vecchio, built by Arnolfo di Cambio between 1298 and 1314, is the long-established seat of Florentine government.
		The Loggia della Signoria was built in the 14th century as a platform for public ceremonies and later became a showcase for sculptures.
		The Galleria degli Uffizi has to be one of the most outstanding art galleries on the planet.
	www.corrinastravel.com /florencetour.htm (463 words)

	Florence italy museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The city owes a great deal to Anna Ludovica, the last descendant of the Medici family, because she stipulated in her will that no part of her property should ever leave the city, thus ensuring that the art works accumulated by her family over a period of three centuries remained in Florence Italy museum.
		The result is a collection of treasures which makes the Uffizi the oldest gallery in Europe, one of the most widely-visited in the world, and the second Italy museum after the Musei Vaticani.
		This Florence Italy museum is situated in the Palazzo degli Uffizi, on the southern side of Palazzo Vecchio, and extends as far as the Lungarno, creating an oblong piazza called Piazzale degli Uffizi.
	www.information-on-italy.com /rpviaggi/florence_italy_museum.htm (357 words)

	Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The nucleus of the collection derives from the collections of the Medici family, and the Uffizi Palace was begun by Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
		The Uffizi collection on the other hand was enriched by early Italian paintings resulting from suppressions of churches and monasteries and confiscations of religious property.
		The collection of prints and drawings in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe is one of the finest in the world, and the gallery of artists' self-portraits, begun by Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici in the 17th century, is unrivalled.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /database/museums/uffizi.html (284 words)

	Florence Buildings, Florence, Italy - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Near the cathedral is the Bargello, or Palazzo del Podestà, a fortresslike building of the 13th and 14th centuries, which houses a National Museum.
		Between the Palazzo Vecchio and the Arno stands the Palazzo degli Uffizi, built late in the 16th century to house government offices and law courts.
		Nearby are the Spedale degli Innocenti (foundling home), with Brunelleschi’s graceful portico decorated with ten of Andrea della Robbia’s best-known blue and white terra-cotta medallions; the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, housing many works of Michelangelo, including his David (1501-1504); and the Archaeological Museum, with an outstanding Etruscan collection.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /florence_italy.htm (985 words)

	APARTMENT FLORENCE
		The church is in the Duomo Square, and enchants the visitor with its red, green and white marm decorations as with the circular roof made from Brunelleschi.
		Between Palazzo Vecchio and the Arno river there is Palazzo degli Uffizi, built in XV century from Vasari.
		In this building there is also the Museo degli Uffizi, one of the most beatiful in Europe.
	www.bedandgo.it /engl/florence/florence.html (173 words)

	ItalyGuides.it: Uffizi Palace (Palazzo degli Uffizi), Florence Italy
		To avoid the unpleasant effect of a long, monotonous facade, Vasari split it using a recurrent motive that allowed him to elegantly connect the two ends to Palazzo Vecchio and to the Loggia dei Lanzi, along with the happy solution of the arched bridge at the end, overlooking the Arno.
		This is the famous Vasarian Corridor, a route from Palazzo Vecchio across the Uffizi, along the Arno above a portico, crossing it over Ponte Vecchio and on to Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli gardens.
		On entering this great U-shaped square, you notice that difference between the light and shade of the side porticos and the luminosity of the arches in the background anticipating the river presence.
	www.italyguides.it /us/florence/uffizi_gallery/uffizi_palace.htm (311 words)

	Florence guide accomodation tourism
		Behind the Palazzo lie the famous Boboli Gardens, a vast and splendid Italian-style public gardens which reflect, the taste of the high Renaissance period (masses of trees treated as architecture, lawns, grottos, fountains, etc.).The Palazzo is also the site for temporary exhibitions.
		Palazzo Medici Riccardi, today, is the seat of the Prefecture and the Province of Florence, and often art exhibitions.
		It, therefore, ends with the Museum of Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi Gallery, the Museum of San Marco and the Gallery of the Spedale degli Innocenti.
	www.jvot.com /florence.htm (7522 words)

	Terra di Toscana :: Visiting Tuscany - Sightseeing - Firenze: Museums
		Firenze owes a great deal to Anna Ludovica, the last descendant of the Medici family, because she stipulated in her will that no part of her property should ever leave the city, thus ensuring that the art works accumulated by her family over a period of three centuries remained in Firenze.
		The museum is situated in the Palazzo degli Uffizi, on the southern side of Palazzo Vecchio, and extends as far as the Lungarno, creating an oblong piazza called Piazzale degli Uffizi.
		It was built as an adjunct to Palazzo Vecchio and was further confirmation of the centralised power of Cosimo I. Cosimo's son, Francesco I, decided in 1518 to exhibit the treasures of the Grand Duke in the rooms of the Uffizi, and had the tribune of the Uffizi especially built by Buontalenti.
	www.terraditoscana.com /default.aspx?lpg=visitare_province_alturist&obj=fi_musei (561 words)

	Hotelfire. Uffizi Gallery Reservation. DOWNTOWN TOUR OF FLORENCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Palazzo Vecchio is one of the symbols of Florence which has made it through centuries of battles and rebirths, brought it through the hands of gentlemen and merchants.
		The Palazzo Aldobrandini was constructed during the first half of the Fourteenth century and precisely at a time in which Florence began to expand beyond the boundaries of the ancient roman nucleus.
		In the Nineteenth century, the palazzo housed several painter's workshops and it is known that the celebrated painter Ingres had his studio in one of the apartments.
	www.partner-onlineshop.com /partners/hotelfire.html (7519 words)

	Ruskin MP I Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Built as the Palazzo degli Uffizi, the now Galleria Uffizi in Florence, houses the world's finest collection of Italian Renaissance painting and masterpieces of Dutch, Flemish, German and French painting.
		The building is Mannerist in style, Vasari rejecting the static repose of the Renaissance for an architecture of movement with clear reference to the work of Michelangelo amongst others.
		In Praeterita, Ruskin recalls his initial impressions of the collection in 1845 as of 'an unbecoming medley' and claims when he last visited in 1882 to be of the same opinion.
	www.lancs.ac.uk /users/ruskin/empi/notes/cuffiz01.htm (265 words)

	The Uffizi- Florence, Italy - VirtualTourist.com
		The Uffizi is home to many of the most recognized paintings in the world, representing the legacy of the former first family of Florence, the Medici clan.
		The Uffizi Palace itself was built to house the administrative offices of the Medici.
		Uffizy Gallery holds one of the finest Renaissance paintings collection of the world, although is strongly focussed in Italian artists.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence-151105/Things_To_Do-Florence-The_Uffizi-R-9.html (1183 words)

	Images of the Palazzo Uffizi by Giorgio Vasari, Florence, Italy . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Images of the Palazzo Uffizi by Giorgio Vasari, Florence, Italy.
		This palace, which literally means "offices," was designed as a centralized space for the 13 magistracies of Florence--that is, the city bureaucracy.
		The building occupies three sides of a long narrow piazza, a link between the Arno River and the Palazzo Vecchio and the Piazza della Signoria.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/italy/florence/vasariuffizi/vasari.html (194 words)

	ItalyGuides.it: The Uffizi Gallery, Florence Italy
		The collection of works in the Uffizi Gallery cannot be compared to any other world collection and is probably the only one to have just masterpieces of exceptional value.
		But nowadays the Uffizi are mainly a great art gallery, starting from the 13th century with Cimabue, to reach Tiepolo, Canaletto and Guardi in the last hall.
		The process that led to the creation this rich heritage was not short and lasted several centuries, starting form the 17th century.
	www.italyguides.it /us/florence/uffizi_gallery.htm (526 words)

	Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
		Within the walls of the Uffizi, you can view many of the masterpieces of Italian art in one of the world’s greatest public museums.
		The Uffizi is one of the best places to visit if you want to truly appreciate the evolution of painting.
		The Uffizi collection is both a delight to behold and a concentrated educational experience.
	www.culturevulture.net /ArtandArch/Uffizi.htm (1034 words)

	Florence Art Guide - Florence, Uffizi Gallery
		The Gallery of the Uffizi was also the first museum ever to be opened to the public: in fact the Grand Duke granted permission to visit it on request from the year 1591.
		However it was his son Francesco I who was responsible for starting to turn the palace into a museum in 1581, when he closed the second floor Gallery with huge windows and arranged part of the grand-ducal collection of classical statues, medals, jewellery, weapons, paintings and scientific instruments here.
		In actual fact the Uffizi owns about 4.800 works, the remainder of which are either in storage or on loan to other museums.
	www.mega.it /eng/egui/monu/ufu.htm (312 words)

	ART / 4 / 2DAY
		Among Vasari's major surviving paintings are murals in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, and the Vatican in Rome.
		Among the important buildings he designed are the Palazzo degli Uffizi in Florence, now a museum, and a number of palaces and churches in Pisa and Arezzo.
		A drawing in the Uffizi (inv.1274F) as well as one formerly in the Michel Gaud collection appear to be preparatory designs for that fresco.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/art/art4jun/art0627.html (6367 words)

	Magnificenza: Michelangelo's Florence
		Vasari undertook extensive renovations of the Medici residences of Palazzo Medici and Palazzo Vecchio.
		Buontalenti completed the Uffizi in 1580, adding the domed Tribuna to showcase the Medici’s most precious collections, and the Granducal Theater in which their collection of prints and drawings would later be held.
		The Uffizi was the largest building produced by the Medici and the first in the Western world designed to hold an art collection.
	www.neh.gov /news/humanities/2002-05/magnificenza.html (1319 words)

	Museum Tickets for Galleria degli Uffizi-Florence (Italy)
		The Uffizi is the world's oldest gallery and the most popular museum in Italy.
		Much of the Uffizi's collection originally belonged to the Medici family, known as much for their patronage of the arts as for their role in the city government of Florence.
		The Uffizi houses the largest collection of Italy's artistic heritage consisting of thousands of works of art ranging from Greek and Roman sculptures to Renaissance and Baroque paintings.
	selectitaly.com /museums.php?product_id=27 (518 words)

	Florence, City of the month
		In 1600, on the occasion of the wedding of Maria de Medici with Henry IV of France, Eurydice by Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) was performed at the Palazzo Pitti.
		Florence has retained the architectural appearance of a city that was, from the end of the Middle Ages, the political and cultural centre of Europe.
		Palazzo Pitti (15th century) : An imposing palace designed by Brunelleschi for the Pitti family, it was soon taken over by the Medici, who enlarged it with the help of artists such as Michelangelo.
	www.music-opera.com /site_english/ville_firenze_e.htm (3230 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Italy's Uffizi will double expansion space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Starting in 2006, the Uffizi Gallery will offer art lovers the opportunity to see 800 additional works, many of which are now stored for lack of space.
		The $75 million overhaul is the first comprehensive renewal of the 16th century building in decades.
		Construction began on Palazzo degli Uffizi, a U-shaped building that extends from Piazza della Signoria -- the heart of Florence -- to the Arno river, in 1560.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/02/24/italys_uffizi_will_double_expansion_space (530 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The second exhibit focuses on the most influential art theorist of the fifteenth century and a leading Florentine architect, Leon Battista Alberti.
		The exhibit at the Palazzo Strozzi "Leon Battista Alberti: L'Uomo del Rinascimento" ('The Renaissance Man Leon Battista Alberti and the Arts of Florence: Between Reason and Beauty" will be visited midway through the course.
		Madonna of the Granduca, o/c, 1505, Palazzo Pitti
	www.public.asu.edu /~atpmb/documents/gullysyll2006.htm (1005 words)

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