Tag: florence
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The Birth of Venus at the Uffizi: Where to Find It, How to See It
Published:• 12 min readThe Birth of Venus is in the Uffizi, in Florence, in the Botticelli room. Here is exactly where to find it, what is on the walls around it, and how to actually see it through the crowd.
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Uffizi Gallery Florence: A First-Timer's Walkthrough
Published:• 16 min readUffizi Gallery Florence first-timer walkthrough. Where it sits in the city, the route through the U-shaped building, where to enter and exit, and what to do before and after on the same day.
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Uffizi Gallery Reservations: How to Book, What to Skip
Published:• 13 min readUffizi Gallery reservations are now mandatory in peak season. How to book on the official site, what to skip, when free days are, and the entrances most visitors miss.
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The Adoration of the Magi: Botticelli, the Medici, and the Self-Portrait at the Right
Published:• 14 min readThe Adoration of the Magi by Sandro Botticelli is a Bible scene that is also a Medici family portrait. Cosimo, Piero, Giovanni, Lorenzo, Giuliano — and Botticelli himself, looking out from the right.
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The Uffizi Gallery, Italy: The Ten Works to Know and Why the Museum Exists
Published:• 15 min readThe Uffizi Gallery in Italy holds the most important Renaissance collection in the world. Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio. Here are the ten works to know and why the museum exists at all.