Audio guide UFFIZI Tourist Guide

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HISTORY

Here you'll find yourself standing before some of the most important images of Western civilization: the best of the best of Italian and European art.You should know that the palace housing the Uffizi...

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2:56

PALACE

I'll briefly summarize the history of the Uffizi building: the palace was built next to Palazzo Vecchio in 1560 by Giorgio Vasari to accommodate the government's "administrative offices",...

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2:37

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA-DUKE AND DUCHESS OF URBINO_ROOM A9

The famous portrait of Battista Sforza and her husband Federico da Montefeltro, better known as 'The Duke and Duchess of Urbino', painted by Pietro della Francesca around 1475, is one of the...

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2:55

BOTTICELLI

Botticelli's great mythical scenes (Primavera, The Birth of Venus, Pallas and the Centaur) are the precious fruit of the intellectual moment in time that was dominated by Lorenzo the Magnificent. Even...

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2:47

TRIBUNAL

Your tour continues with a group of halls (from 16 to 24) that may not be too big, but have an important historical significance: they are set up almost exactly as they were four centuries ago. It...

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2:53

LEONARDO-THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI_ROOM A35

The painting you are looking at, as you can guess, is an unfinished work. The Adoration of the Magi, in fact, commissioned to Leonardo in 1481 by the monks of a Florentine convent, with the commitment...

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2:58

MICHELANGELO_ROOM A38

As soon as you go into the room dedicated to Michelangelo and the Florentine artists of the 1600s, you'll notice a curious circular painting depicting the Holy Family with St. John that's better known...

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RAPHAEL-MADONNA OF THE GOLDFINCH_ROOM A38

Although Raphael died suddenly at only 37 years of age, he was one of the most important artists of his time, thanks in part to his ability to learn the techniques of his colleagues and even improve...

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2:33

LORENZO LOTTO-HOLY FAMILY WITH SAINT JEROME_ROOM D19

In this room, known as the Venetian Chapel, there are several interesting paintings by Giorgione, Titian and Lorenzo Lotto, but one of the latter's best-known works stands out for its vivid colors:...

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2:37

TITIAN-VENUS OF URBINO_ROOM D22

The artistic importance in the 16th century of Tiziano Vecellio, known in English as Titian, is represented in the Uffizi by a magnificent series of paintings, mostly related to his youth and early...

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2:59

ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI-JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES_ROOM D29

In Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting, 'Judith Beheading Holofernes', a well-known biblical episode is depicted, in which the mythological heroine of the Jewish people, Judith, beheads Holofernes,...

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CONCLUSION

Your tour of the Uffizi Gallery can take many hours. The new rooms on the first floor have less paintings and sculptures than the main corridors, but are still full of seventeenth and...

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Florence UFFIZI

HISTORY

PALACE

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA-DUKE AND DUCHESS OF URBINO_ROOM A9

BOTTICELLI

TRIBUNAL

LEONARDO-THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI_ROOM A35

MICHELANGELO_ROOM A38

RAPHAEL-MADONNA OF THE GOLDFINCH_ROOM A38

LORENZO LOTTO-HOLY FAMILY WITH SAINT JEROME_ROOM D19

TITIAN-VENUS OF URBINO_ROOM D22

ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI-JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES_ROOM D29

CONCLUSION