Hello hivers, an happy Wednesday to you all!
Maybe some of you remember I live in a small city close to Florence and I can be there in just 40 minutes by train. I know I'm lucky to live not so far from one of the most admired city of my country and since I was a young girl I use to go there to visit the museums, for shopping time or just to walk along those beautiful historical streets. When I was a student to the University I used to go there almost every day and so I can say I really know Florence in every positive and negative aspects (just to know, I think Florence is a very beautiful city to visit, but it's better to live out of there cause the prices and the chaos 😊 ).
Yesterday me and my hubby @paolobeneforti decided to go there to visit again the Uffizi gallery and so I took some pics to share with you.
At first, you have to know the Uffizi Gallery is inside a wonderful ancient building (around 1560) designed by Giorgio Vasari. The collections of paintings is one of the most famous in the world and maybe you know the collections ( paintings from the 1300 and Renaissance) include some great masterpieces by Botticelli, Mantegna, Leonardo, Raffaello, Michelangelo and, my favorite one: Caravaggio. There are also other wonderful masterpieces by other European painters .❤️
A lot of wonderful selfportraits by ancient painters:
Just to know, there are a lot of people in front of the masterpieces and so it was not simple to take pics of them , but I did my best!
In the following pic, one of the masterpieces by Caravaggio, "La Medusa":
The portrait of a young boy by Perugino (1425):
The selfportrait by Raffaello:
A wonderful piece by Leonardo Da Vinci:
Perugino:
I'd like to take a nice pic of the Spring (the Primavera) by Botticelli, but as you can see it was almost impossible because the many people in front of this masterpiece, but believe me: to watch it in real is really a touching experience!.
Some other wonderful paintings:
At the end, the view from the terrace:
I hope you appreciated this little virtual tour inside the Uffizi Gallery. ❤️
See ya soon and stay safe,
Silvia
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Io adoro la Toscana in generale, adoro Firenze (anche se non ci vivrei 😅) e la galleria degli Uffizzi è uno spettacolo irrinunciabile quando si visita la città.
E io adoro la primavera e le tre grazie. Potrei restare a guardarlo per ore
Mi dichiaro fortunata di vivere abbastanza vicino a Firenze ma non a Firenze. :D Io abito a Pistoia, a circa 40 km da Firenze e, come puoi immaginare, la frequento da quando ero ragazzina sia quando facevo l'università sia poi per lavoro e, anche, per semplice svago. E' bellissima, innegabilmente bella, ma in alcuni periodi dell'anno letteralmente affogata dal turismo. Per trovare un fiorentino a Firenze devi sapere dove andare, che ormai è come trovare un ago in un pagliaio. :P Gli Uffizi sono veramente straordinari per quanto riguarda l'arte antica, con dei pezzi unici che se hai pazienza (arrivare davanti alla Primavera non è facile, devi destreggiarti tra una folla di persone come succede al Louvre davanti alla Gioconda :D ) sono occasioni straordinarie. E' un museo anche molto ben organizzato, gli ingressi son "cadenzati" pertanto non risulta troppo claustrofobico, ci sono varie postazioni dove potersi sedere e la terrazza in cima dove "riprendere fiato". Bello, veramente bello!
Io quando ci sono stato la prima volta era gennaio perciò nella sala della primavera, insieme alla venere, non c'era davvero quasi nessuno.
C'erano le panchine davanti ai quadri e son sicuro di essere rimasto almeno 20 minuti buoni seduto davanti a quel quadro, solo io e altre 2-3 persone che passavano ogni tanto.
È stato come uscire dal mondo
Amazing! you live in a beautiful country! wherever you look there is beauty! the cities, the villages, the countryside! the art, the food, the wines, the cheeses!!!! yammm!
@tikotiko ❤️❤️❤️
I enjoy this virtual gallery visit. :)
Thank you for sharing with us, and have a great day for you and your husband.