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Uffizi

Art gallery in Florence, Italy. Built by Vasari in the 16th century as government offices, it was opened as a gallery 1765. Its collection, based on that of the Medici family, is one of the finest in Europe.

The collection illustrates the whole development of the Florentine School from Cimabue and Giotto onwards, and the schools of Siena, Ferrara, Bologna, and Emilia, and also contains a number of works by Flemish, Dutch, and German artists. Among the best-known works housed in the Uffizi are The Holy Family by Michelangelo, the unfinished Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo, the Madonna of the Goldfinch by Raphael, Botticelli's masterpieces Primavera, The Birth of Venus, and The Calummy of Apelles, and Bellini's Sacra Conversazione. In May 1993 a bomb damaged a wing of the gallery.
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Founded in the mid-1500s by the Medici family, The Ufizi museum is offers visitors one of the richest and most complete collections of masterworks that include Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Buontalenti, and Titian, among a legion of other notable artistic talents.
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