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Uffizi Gallery

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Uffizi Gallery

  • Florence
  • 2–3 hours
  • 1 experience to book

Botticelli's Venus, Leonardo's Annunciation and Caravaggio's Medusa, in the offices Vasari built for the Medici.

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About Uffizi Gallery

Giorgio Vasari began the Uffizi in 1560 as offices for Cosimo I de' Medici; 'uffizi' simply means offices. The Medici later filled the top-floor corridors with paintings and antique statues, and the U-shaped building now holds their collection of Italian art from Giotto to Caravaggio.

The names people come for: Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera, Leonardo's Annunciation, Michelangelo's Doni Tondo, Titian's Venus of Urbino and Caravaggio's Medusa. Windows at the river end of the corridors frame the Arno and the Ponte Vecchio.

Know before you go

  • Closed Mondays.
  • Airport-style security check; backpacks, large bags and umbrellas go in the free cloakroom.
  • No flash, tripods or selfie sticks.
  • Some rooms are closed for refurbishment; the gallery keeps an updated list.
  • Under-18s enter free with ID.