The most visited museum in Florence, the Uffizi Gallery, is planning to introduce some personalised museum routes for visitors, director Eike Schmidt said.
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Category: Arts
Vasari Corridor portraits to return to Uffizi
Several rooms at the first floor of the Uffizi Gallery will house the central core of the self-portraits now in the Vasari Corridor by the end of 2017.
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Florence to host Jan Fabre’ Spiritual Guards
Palazzo Vecchio, Fortezza da Basso this year will be hosting the works of Jan Fabre, one of the most innovative and important figures on the contemporary art scene.
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Descendants of Leonardo found, research says
The art historian Alessandro Vezzosi will announce in Vinci (Florence) on April 14, 2016, that he had found the living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci.
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The copy of the Marzocco is under restoration
The copy of the Marzocco statue in Florence is under restoration by a few days.
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Artifact from lost culture found in Mugello
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered what may be a rare sacred text in the Etruscan language that is likely to yield rich details about Etruscan worship of a god or goddess.
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Restored Paolo Uccello frescoes to go on show
Eight frescoes from Italian painter Paolo Uccello’s Stories from Genesis in Florence’s Basilica of Santa Maria Novella are going on show after a delicate restoration.
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Uffizi plans to open Corridoio Vasariano to all
Visions of Paradise: Botticini’s Palmieri Altarpiece
Last month fot the London’s National Gallery exhbit Visions of Paradise: Botticini’s Palmieri Altarpiece.
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Michelangelo’s David gets clean-up in Florence
Michelangelo’s world-famous statue of David got a clean-up in Florence, Italy.
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