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Uffizi Gallery "As you live the Uffizi you are advised first to wait under the loggia until your eyes can take the light and the street life again..." Hermann Hesse The Uffizi Gallery was envisioned by Cosimo I to house his administrative and judical offices, but was carried out by his son Francesco I. The Medici, having married into the greatest families, continuosly enriched the Gallery. Cosimo III had the Gallery made larger in order to house the works inherited from his uncle Cardinal Leopold. With the extinction of the Medici (the last Family Member was Anna Maria Ludovica who died in 1737) all the art treasures gathered by Medici dynasty forever remain at the disposal of the entire world. You may contemplate the masterpieces by:
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