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	Florence Art Guide
		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 (285 words)

	Uffizi New Building Project by Raichel le Goff (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Uffizi buildings that surround the Piazza on three sides include the Biblioteca Magliabecchiana and existing offices of the Soprintendenza but their facades hold no architectural merit and provide the architect with a blank backdrop upon which to set his design.
		Even the Uffizi architect in charge of the project Antonio Godoli was not sure which of the five large rooms or suite of numerous smaller rooms on the ground floor would be assigned which functions.
		A condition of the donation to the Uffizi was that it should be presented in a unified display as it was at Count Alessandro’s villa of Pratello Orsini.
	epublishingcorp.com /articlesRaichel/Museums/tan-uffizi.htm (1473 words)

	UFFIZI MUSEUM. GALLERIA DEGLI UFFIZI: THE PALACE. FIRENZE, FLORENCE, FLORENZ, FLORENCIA
		Uffizi Gallery, founded by Francesco de' Medici to delight himself during his walks, has become through the centuries one of the most famous and admired museums in the world.
		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 accommodates an immense artistic patrimony today, comprising thousand of pictures that start from the medieval age to the modern age, a great number of ancient sculptures, miniatures and tapestries.
	www.colonialvoyage.com /viaggi/florenceuffizi.html (375 words)

	Florence guide: The Uffizi Gallery, Florence
		The Uffizi building that is now seat of the Gallery was built in the mid-sixteenth century by the architect Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) in a period when Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, was bureaucratically consolidating this recently acquired position.
		In addition to paintings, the Uffizi exhibits a fine collection of Roman sculptures (portraits, emperors and divinities) that are displayed in the corridors decorated with frescoed and sculptured ceilings of the 16th and 17th centuries.
		Its acquisition significantly enriches the patrimony of the Uffizi.
	www.firenzeclick.com /Florence-guide/Uffizi-Gallery.htm (1091 words)

	Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
		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.
		In the 19th century the Uffizi was subjected to radical reorganization.
		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.
	www.wga.hu /database/museums/uffizi.html (284 words)

	Uffizi Art Gallery
		The construction of the Uffizi palace began in 1560, when the Duke Cosimo I dei Medici decided to build a special seat for the offices (hence the name "uffizi") of the thirteen magistracies, that is for the administrative center of the Florentine State.
		When in 1574 Vasari and Cosimo I died, the Uffizi were not yet completed: Francesco I, son of Cosimo I, succeeded his father, Bernardo Buontalenti succeeded Vasari in supervision of construction; in 1581 the building was terminated.
		The continuing growth of the granducal collections in 17th century enriched the Uffizi: new rooms of the second floor were arranged to display masterworks as in a museum and in the meanwhile the Gallery could be visited on request by Florentine or foreign persons.
	www.piscitella.com /AMYJOE/wedding/florence/uffizi.htm (712 words)

	Guida artistica di Firenze
		Gli Uffizi ospitano, su una superficie di circa 8.000 mq, una delle più importanti collezioni artistiche di tutti i tempi, comprendente sculture antiche e dipinti su tavola e tela di scuole italiane e straniere dal XIII al XVIII secolo.
		Con i suoi quattro secoli di storia, gli Uffizi sono da considerarsi il più antico museo del mondo.
		Le opere di proprietà degli Uffizi sono in realtà circa 4.800: le rimanenti si dividono fra i depositi e i prestiti ad altri musei.
	www.mega.it /ita/gui/monu/ufu.htm (257 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?city_id=16&product_id=27 (544 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Uffizi
		A Patron for Lorenzo Monaco's Uffizi: Coronation of the Virgin.
		The Uffizi's master juggler: there was outrage last year when Antonio Paolucci, the head of Florence's museums, appointed himself director of the Uffizi.
		Uffizi gallery left in the dark as state funds fail to materialise.(Foreign News)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Uffizi (823 words)

	Uffizi Gallery Florence, Italy
		The Uffizi Gallery began life as a building to house offices of the government in Florence, Italy.
		Uffizi means offices, and hence it’s name, but, right from the start the ruling Medici family, inveterate collectors, set apart rooms in the new building to display some of their treasures.
		The Uffizi Gallery, which today belongs tot the State, has a total collection of some 4,800 works of art drawn from both Italy and abroad, but many of these works are in storage or on loan to other museums around the world.
	www.florencevillas.com /florence-tuscany-guide/museums-florence/uffizi-gallery.html (1636 words)

	Uffizi museum,tickets reservation for the Uffizi Gallery:Weekend a Firenze (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	The Uffizi Gallery Museum
		The east wing of the Uffizi was where Francesco placed the beginnings of the Medicean collection that grew as the successors to the Medici family perpetuated his vision: the galleries were opened for viewing to Florentine families and visiting dignitaries.
		A corridor designed by Vasari crosses over the Arno to connect the Uffizi Gallery with the Pitti Palace, forming an artery that connects the two museum's histories and art works.
		Alexandra Bonfante-Warren's well-researched text speaks with authority of an insider privy to the workings of the Medici family as she brings to life the events and decisions that led this singular family—undeniably the greatest art patrons of Western European society—to build and share their incomparable collections of the world.
	www.hlla.com /catalog/uffizi.html (265 words)

	Uffizi Gallery, Uffizi Gallery Florence, Galleria Degli Uffizi, Museum Galleria Degli Uffizi
		Florence witnessed the genesis of the Italian Renaissance, and many of the movement's highlights reside in the Uffizi Gallery, including Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, Leonardo da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi, Lippi's Coronation of the Virgin, Caravaggio's The Sacrifice of Isaac and other great works by masters such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and Giotto.
		Statues of the most acclaimed artists, sculptors and philosophers of all time line the outside of the Galleria degli Uffizi and are a wonder to behold all by themselves.
		Tickets to Uffizi gallery also offer a new feature: high windows on the upper floor of the gallery display the skyline of Florence at its finest, the Duomo domineering the azure breezes of one of Italy's ideal landscapes.
	www.destination360.com /europe/italy/uffizi-gallery.php (403 words)

	Polo Museale Fiorentino - Uffizi Gallery
		The Uffizi Gallery occupies the top floor of the large building erected by Giorgio Vasari between 1560 and 1580 to house the administrative offices of the Tuscan State.
		The Uffizi buildings also house other important collections: the Contini Bonacossi Collection and the Collection of Prints and Drawings (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi).
		The Vasari Corridor, the raised passageway connecting the Uffizi with the Pitti Palace, was built by Vasari in 1565.
	www.polomuseale.firenze.it /english/musei/uffizi (841 words)

	Search Results for "Uffizi"
		It houses the state archives of Tuscany and the Uffizi Gallery, one of the world's richest art collections....
		His best-known works are The Visitation (1503; Uffizi) and The Annunciation...
		While in the service of Rene of Anjou at Avignon, he painted The Resurrection of Lazarus (Uffizi) and the triptych The Burning...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Uffizi (287 words)

	hotel florence near uffizi gallery: HOTEL SAN GIOVANNI
		The Uffizi Gallery occupies the top floor of the famous building erected by Giorgio Vasari.
		The Uffizi house also other art's collections: Contini Bonacossi Collection and the Collection of Prints and Drawings.
		The Vasari Corridor is the raised passageway that connect Uffizi with Pitti Palace.
	www.hotelsangiovanni.com /uffizi_gallery.htm (108 words)

	Information on the Uffizi museum including: opening times, reservation details, and a brief overview of the collection ...
		One of the main attractions and must-see sights for tourists visiting Florence is the Uffizi museum that was originally designed by Vasari in the 16th century to house all the public offices, guilds and court artists of Cosimo de' Medici.
		The core of the collection of the Uffizi museum was bequeathed to the city of Florence by the last of the Medici, Anna Maria on her death in 1743.
		Because of the extraordinary wealth of the collection housed in the Uffizi Galleries and the sheer number of famous works one visit may not be enough for most people who want to study in detail each of the works on display.
	www.tours-italy.com /florence/uffizi_museum.htm (773 words)

	The Uffizi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The word Uffizi derives from the Italian for "office", which is exactly what it once was -- a rambling suite of offices for Grand Duke Cosimo I. It has that feel -- barely disguised municipal offices, shabby, airless dank and dark, with all the feel and atmosphere of an unfinished basement!
		The tower of the Uffizi is visible from most of the city, and the shot at left I took from half way up to the top of the dome of the duomo.
		The interior of the Uffizi contains a few amazing rooms which are in astonishing contrast to the many drab ill-lit office/study rooms generally off larger main rooms or hallways.
	www.cooper.edu /humanities/classes/coreclasses/hss2/lemiesz/Page10_uffizi.html (530 words)

	Florence : Attractions : The Uffizi \| Frommers.com
		Gallerie degli Uffizi (Uffizi Galleries) -- The Uffizi is one of the world's great museums, and the single best introduction to Renaissance painting, with works by Giotto, Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino, Michelangelo, Raphael Sanzio, Titian, Caravaggio, and the list goes on.
		The painting gallery is housed in the structure built to serve as the offices (uffizi is Florentine dialect for uffici, or "offices") of the Medici, commissioned by Cosimo I from Giorgio Vasari in 1560 -- perhaps his greatest architectural work.
		The Uffizi preserves his painting of the severed head of Medusa, a Sacrifice of Isaac, and his famous Bacchus.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/florence/0051020029.html (2924 words)

	Medieval finds block new exit from Uffizi \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		The plans for a new exit for the Uffizi Museum in Florence by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki were scrapped yesterday because excavations in the area had revealed the foundations of medieval houses which were levelled when the museum was built in the 1500s.
		The canopy, made of alternating strips of transparent material to allow the sunlight to filter through, would cover a small square around the corner from the Uffizi's entrance, a portico where tourists wait in long queues to see the gallery's masterpieces by Botticelli and others.
		The project, the outcome of nine months of intensive work by a team of architects, engineers and technicians, is a centrepiece of the cultural policy of Silvio Berlusconi's government.
	www.guardian.co.uk /italy/story/0,12576,1423872,00.html (743 words)

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