TOURS FOR FLORENCE, ROME, POMPEII, CAPRI, NAPLES AND AMALFI COAST
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DURATION: | 2 hours | |
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PRICE: | 150 EURO | |
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AVAILABILITY: |
All-year-round | |
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THE PRICE INCLUDES: |
Licensed English-speaking Guide for the 2-hour tour in the Uffizi Gallery THE ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED
The Uffizi Gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday | |
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DISABLED: |
Lifts at entrance and exit | |
Together with our English-speaking guide You will visit one of the greatest museums in the world - the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Here a wealth of beautiful masterpieces are gathered . More than 1000 works are shown in 45 halls, in addition numerous sculptures, historical maps and much more.
The Uffizi Gallery is not just famous, but it�s also one of the oldest museums in the world. It was built in the 16th Century and was once the seat of the Medici family and important ministries. The art collection includes the top floor and a Michelangelo exhibition at the end. Among the highlights are the extensive collections of sculptures, paintings and the magnificent facilities of the gallery, especially the imposing ceilings Frescos.
The works of medieval artists showed the viewpoint of holistically Christian, without any concept of �Nature�. All this got be changed by the new humanism. Witness for the change, for example are Cimabue�s fantastic crucifixion which is still dominated by the forms and expressions of Byzantine art. Then you can find the work of its student Giotto, whose human figures show more and more realism; Botticelli�s famous works as Birth of Venus and Spring . In front of Botticelli's Venus you will find the spectacular triptych by Hugo van der Goes. The full explosion of the Renaissance you can delight with Leonardo�s Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi, Masaccio's Madonna and Child with St. Anne, Caravaggio�s Bacchus, Michelangelo�s Holy Family and many many more.
There is so much to see in the Uffizi Gallery, that You should not miss a visit.