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A photo of the Arno riverside facade of the Uffizi.
Having spent best part of a day in there during my last visit to Florence I didn't feel the need to go inside when I returned there during the Summer of 2019.
Click here to see more photos from Tuscany and Florence : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157714689304067
From Wikipedia : "The building of the Uffizi complex was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici so as to accommodate the offices of the Florentine magistrates, hence the name uffizi, "offices". The construction was later continued by Alfonso Parigi and Bernardo Buontalenti; it was completed in 1581. The top floor was made into a gallery for the family and their guests and included their collection of Roman sculptures.
The cortile (internal courtyard) is so long, narrow and open to the Arno at its far end through a Doric screen that articulates the space without blocking it, that architectural historians treat it as the first regularized streetscape of Europe. Vasari, a painter and architect as well, emphasised its perspective length by adorning it with the matching facades' continuous roof cornices, and unbroken cornices between storeys, as well as the three continuous steps on which the palace-fronts stand. The niches in the piers that alternate with columns of the Loggiato filled with sculptures of famous artists in the 19th century."
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Italy - Tuscany - Florence - Uffizi view_DSC9267
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A photo of the Arno riverside facade of the Uffizi.
Having spent best part of a day in there during my last visit to Florence I didn't feel the need to go inside when I returned there during the Summer of 2019.
Click here to see more photos from Tuscany and Florence : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157714689304067
From Wikipedia : "The building of the Uffizi complex was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici so as to accommodate the offices of the Florentine magistrates, hence the name uffizi, "offices". The construction was later continued by Alfonso Parigi and Bernardo Buontalenti; it was completed in 1581. The top floor was made into a gallery for the family and their guests and included their collection of Roman sculptures.
The cortile (internal courtyard) is so long, narrow and open to the Arno at its far end through a Doric screen that articulates the space without blocking it, that architectural historians treat it as the first regularized streetscape of Europe. Vasari, a painter and architect as well, emphasised its perspective length by adorning it with the matching facades' continuous roof cornices, and unbroken cornices between storeys, as well as the three continuous steps on which the palace-fronts stand. The niches in the piers that alternate with columns of the Loggiato filled with sculptures of famous artists in the 19th century."
© D.Godliman