Small fountain at coffee bar in Uffizi

Renaissance Florence/ Uffizi Gallery

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September 16th 2010
This morning we began with a presentation on Medeval and Renaissance Art in preparation for our visit to the Uffizi Gallery. After lunch, we had a little free time to wander around the Piazza della Signoria so called because Savonarola was burned at the stake here. Then we started our visit to the Uffizi. The Uffizi Gallery is the most extensive collection of art, tracing the development ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more