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The building, which houses the famous Uffizi Gallery art museum, was commissioned by Cosimo I Medici - the first Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was originally intended to house the administrative and judicial offices of Florence. Medici is appointed to supervise the construction of architect Giorgio Vasari. Work began in 1560. To make way for a grandiose building, some buildings were demolished, including the Romanesque church of San Pierre Ceragio, the remains of which can still be seen on the first floor of the Gallery. The old nave of the church has been preserved, it contains the famous frescoes by Andrea del Castagno and Sandro Botticelli. After the death of Vasari in 1574, the construction was continued by the architect Bernardo Buontalenti, under whose leadership it was completed in 1581. Under the roof of the Uffizi, municipal services, a tribunal and a state archive were located. The building consists of two buildings, interconnected by a gallery located parallel to the Arno embankment. The front performance of the Uffizi is called a masterpiece of creativity Vasari. In the facades, first of all, the lightness and grace inherent in the Vasari manner stand out, the high walls do not seem heavy and massive. Large windows and a loggia contribute to the impression of openness, minimize the feeling of crampedness from the buildings located opposite each other. Long side facades do not produce a monotonous, monotonous impression. Vasari achieved this by changing the facade elements: after every three flights, the columns of the loggias of the first floor alternate with pylons. The same system is sustained on all floors. Through the Uffizi Gallery passes the famous Vasari Corridor, which was built for the free movement of members of the Medici family and the highest Florentine nobility around the city. This area of the museum contains more than 1000 paintings of the XVII - XVIII centuries, including a collection of self-portraits. Part of the Vasari Corridor, belonging to the Uffizi, was significantly affected by the 1993 terrorist attack, some of the paintings were destroyed by the explosion, and some were badly damaged. In 1851, Francesco I Medici decided to create a gallery with statues and other works of art on the top floor of the east wing of the Uffizi. But the Uffizi Tribune becomes the heart of the future museum - an octagonal room, decorated with marble and richly decorated, in which the Medici clan will keep its priceless treasures for many years. In 1743, Anna Maria Louise de Medici died - the last direct heiress of the great rulers of Tuscany. According to her will, the entire huge collection of paintings, sculptures and other works of art was donated to Tuscany, provided that not a single treasure would leave Florence. In 1769, the Uffizi Gallery was opened to the public, and from that day it becomes one of the most visited and famous museums in the world. His collection amazes with the number of masterpieces and the names of great masters: The Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi - Leonardo da Vinci, Birth of Venus and Spring - Botticelli, Madonna Doni - Michelangelo, Venus Urbinskaya and Flora - Titian, Madonna and Carduelis - Rafael, Shield with the head of Medusa, Bacchus and the Sacrifice of Isaac - Caravaggio. Priceless samples of ancient art, the Renaissance, a unique collection of self-portraits of European artists, paintings of the best painters of French, German, Dutch, Flemish schools. It will take more than one day to appreciate and enjoy the richness of the Gallery's collection, but to get to the museum people are ready to stand in line for about five hours.
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