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Uffizi Tribuna table

I was working for the Uffizi's antiquities office for my University and i get the chance for taking picture of this incredible place that is the Tribuna. i...
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I was working for the Uffizi's antiquities office for my University and i get the chance for taking picture of this incredible place that is the Tribuna. it's closed for the tourists from a few years and you cannot step in unless you work there..!. Some facts about the Tribuna: Designed by Bernardo Buontalenti for Francesco I de' Medici for Cosimo I de’ Medici in 1584, the most important antiquities and High Renaissance and Bolognese paintings from the Medici collection were and still are displayed here. In 1737 the Grand Duchess Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici ceded the collection to the Tuscan government, and by the 1770s the Uffizi (and in particular the Tribuna) was the hub for Grand Tourists visiting Florence.
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