Uffizi Gallery: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Galleria degli Uffizi
Related People	Cosimo I

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Uffizi Gallery, Florence

View looking into the grand, symmetrical corridors of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, with tall columns and illuminated archways leading to a central arch.

Uffizi Palace Court

Giovanni de' Medici

Statue of Italian physician and poet Francesco Redi; located outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

Painting by Caravaggio showing a young Bacchus draped in white cloth, wearing a crown of grape leaves, holding a glass of red wine, with fruit and wine on the table.

Painting "Madonna with the Long Neck" by Parmigianino, featuring the Virgin Mary.

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