Uffizi Gallery is a U-shaped palace in Florence, where it took 20 years to complete all construction work.
It was supposed, according to the original design in 1580, to serve as a government office building converted into a museum at the time when the last person from the Medici family had passed away in 1743, the family's pieces of art were enormous. Fortunately, it was left to Florence on the strict condition that it does not leave the city and is considered one of the oldest art museums and one of the most famous in the Western world.
The most important activities you can do in the Uffizi Gallery Museum
The museum contains 45 rooms and the rooms include artworks dating back to four centuries classified as follows:
• You can start the visit from the first room to room No. 28 as it is dedicated to the French Renaissance paintings and they are the most famous paintings.
• You can go from room 29 to room 45 with paintings of the High Renaissance.
You can walk around the long narrow inner corridor whose roofs are filled with beautifully decorated artistic decorations, and along the corridor on both sides you will find sculptures of the most famous nineteenth century artists.
• You can go up to the roof of the museum when you feel tired to take a rest in the rooftop cafe and enjoy the scenic views and inhale the fresh air.
