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Tag: Eike Schmidt

Street food

Uffizi director proposes street-food tax

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Editorial Staff News

Uffizi Gallery Director Eike Schmidt has proposed a tax on street-food vendors in Italy’s art cities because of the cost of cleaning up the streets after such food is eaten.

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Villa Medicea dell'Ambrogiana (Montelupo Fiorentino)

Hundred places in Tuscany will be part of the Uffizi Galleries

Friday, May 14, 2021 Editorial Staff Arts

The Uffizi will soon have 100 branch locations throughout Tuscany. In February it was the director of the Gallery, Eike Schmidt, who announced the project and yesterday the Tuscany Region also decided to support it with a specific Tuscan law.

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Lorry hits Vasari Corridor in Florence

Lorry hits Vasari Corridor in Florence

Friday, December 28, 2018 Editorial Staff News

A lorry hit a column of the Vasari Corridor linking the Uffizi Galleries and Palazzo Vecchio early Thursday December 27, 2018 causing considerable damage.

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Caravaggio's Medusa

The new Caravaggio’s rooms at the Uffizi

Sunday, February 25, 2018 Editorial Staff Arts

New arrangement of the rooms devoted to Caravaggio and Seventeenth-Century painting at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

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Uffizi-Gallery-Italy

Uffizi, Pitti, Boboli: annual and seasonal pricing

Monday, July 31, 2017 Editorial Staff Travel

The Uffizi Galleries will be issuing annual subscriptions starting 1 September, while seasonal rates will kick in on 1 March 2018 to encourage visitors to explore all of the Uffizi Galleries’ museums, with special incentives to visit the Pitti Palace and the Boboli Garden.

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The path between Palazzo Vecchio and Uffizi

Reopened the passage between Palazzo Vecchio and Uffizi

Thursday, July 6, 2017 Editorial Staff Travel

Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi Gallery are connected again. On Wednesday, July 5, 2017, the gate of the elevated path over via della Ninna was opened.

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The Medici Vase after restoration

Uffizi Gallery, the Medici Vase has been restored

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Editorial Staff Arts

The huge Neo-Attic krater known as the Medici Vase has been restored and is again ready for display in the Uffizi.

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Leonardo's Adoration of the Magi unveiled

Leonardo’s Adoration of the Magi unveiled

Monday, March 27, 2017 Editorial Staff Arts

The unfinished Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece Adoration of the Magi was  restored and unveiled after six-year cleaner and brighter.

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Leonardo Da Vinci's The Adoration of the Magi

The comeback of The Adoration of the Magi

Sunday, November 13, 2016 Editorial Staff Arts

The Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece The Adoration of the Magi will be displayed at the Florence’s Uffizi Gallery at Easter 2017, director Eike Schmidt told ANSA.

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Uffizi's Vasari Corridor to partially reopen

The Uffizi’s Vasari Corridor is to be reopen

Monday, August 29, 2016 Editorial Staff Arts

The Uffizi’s Vasari Corridor in Florence is to be partially reopen.

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