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The Uffizi Gallery is home to numerous famous art works such as the Birth of Venus and the Primavera by Botticelli, The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci as well as works by Michelangelo, Titian and Rubens. The gallery is a must-see on your vacation to Florence.

The museum was originally designed around 1560 by Giorgio Vasari as special offices for the Duke Cosimo I of the Medici family. The gallery is rectangular in shape, beginning at the Signoria Palace and stretching to the Arno river.

Francesco I, the son of Cosimo I, started a private art collection on the second floor. Over the centuries, noble families added more and more precious art to the collection as well as the Pitti Palace

The Botticelli Rooms are must-see rooms for any serious art lover. The Birth of Venus (completed around 1485) is a truly magnificent piece of art depicting the Roman goddess of love born from the sea, as she is being blown towards land to be covered with a cloak. The Botticelli Room also features the Allegory of Spring, Pallas and the Centaur, Madonna of the Pomegranate, the Annunciation, Adoration of the Magi, and other works by Sandro Botticelli.

The Leonardo Room features the Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo da Vinci. It also houses works by Perugino, Luca Signorelli and others. The museum also houses Michelangelo's Holy Family, Titian's Venus of Urbino, as well as later paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Caravaggio and Rembrandt. Because of its popularity and because only small groups are let into the museum at one time, people have to wait in line for several hours to enter. Not many visitors know there is number that you can call in advance and reserve a specific time to visit the museum. You can call 39-055-294-883 (Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and buy your tickets ahead of time. The Uffizi is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:50 p.m. and on Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays and on certain holidays.

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