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Gallerie Degli UffizivsPalazzo Medici Riccardi
Both Uffizi Galleries and Palazzo Medici Riccardi are highly recommended by experts. On balance, Uffizi Galleries scores significantly higher than Palazzo Medici Riccardi. Uffizi Galleries is ranked #2 in Florence with approval from 9 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler.
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Piazzale degli Uffizi 6, 50122 Florence
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Fodor's "The Medici installed their art collections here, creating what was Europe's first modern museum, open to the public... since 1591." Full review
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Among the highlights are Paolo Uccello's Battle of San Romano
Concierge "The greatest collection of Renaissance painting in the world is housed in the former administrative offices of Cosimo de' Medici's court, a 16th-century building designed by Vasari."
Lonely Planet "The Palazzo degli Uffizi, designed and built by Vasari in the second half of the 16th century at the request of Cosimo I, originally housed the city’s administrators, judiciary and guilds." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Uffizi contains the world's most magnificent collection of Renaissance art from the greatest of Old Masters." Full review
Frommer's "Works by Giotto, Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino, Michelangelo, Raphael Sanzio, Titian, Caravaggio…and the list goes on." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Editor's Pick
"The greatest collection of Italian Renaissance painting anywhere in the world." Full review
Afar Magazine "The Uffizi in Florence, has always been on my bucket list. No trip to Tuscany would have been complete without it." Full review
Let's Go " Room 2 begins the long parade of Jesuses that you’ll be visiting today. Rooms 3-4 are particularly gilded. " Full review
National Geographic "Allow enough time to savor the world’s greatest gallery of Renaissance art—and don’t forget to look up at the marvelous frescoed hallway ceilings." Full review
The Telegraph "Highlights include Gentile da Fabriano’s Adoration of the Magi, Botticelli’s Primavera...it’s difficult to take it all in on one visit, so true art aficionados should consider going twice. " Full review
Palazzo Medici Riccardi Fodor's Concierge Let's Go
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Via Cavour 1, Florence
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Fodor's "The main attraction of this palace, begun in 1444 by Michelozzo for Cosimo de' Medici, is the interior chapel, the so-called Cappella dei Magi on the piano nobile (second) floor." Full review
Concierge "The main reason for visiting this solid 15th-century palazzo, built by Michelozzo, and now the city's prefettura, is to see Benozzo Gozzoli's delightful Cappella dei Magi on the first floor."
Let's Go "Rooms and courtyards on the ground floor host modern sculpture installations, while the halls upstairs exhibit their own walls and ceilings, all splattered with some pretty cool pictures." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"The building's exterior gives little indication as to the splendour which awaits within." Full review
The Telegraph "Masaccio and Masolino’s frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel are better known – and very lovely they are too, breathing the simple humanism of the early Renaissance." Full review
Afar Magazine "Located behind the church of San Lorenzo, this is where many members of the ruling Medici family are buried." Full review
Afar Magazine "The main reason to visit this Renaissance palace is to see the delightful frescoes in the Cappella dei Magi painted by Benozzo Gozzoli." Full review
Frommer's "A door off the right of the entrance courtyard leads up a staircase to the Cappella dei Magi, the oldest chapel to survive from a private Florentine palace." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Cosimo the Elder entrusted Michelozzo with the design of the family's townhouse in 1444." Full review
