My final Wednesday in Florence, and probably my last Wednesday ever of not having class, my roommates and I spent seeing the Uffitzi! Construction began on the Uffitzi in 1560 and it is now one of Florence's most famous museum and is located right near the Ponte Vecchio, which it also has amazing views of!
Our main reason for going was to see some of the famous works of Botticelli! His main works featured in the Galleria degli Uffizi are La Primavera (Spring) and Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus). Of course no pictures were allowed to be taken in the museum, and of course we did anyway! Our first stop was The Birth of Venus!
Botticelli painted this in 1486 and was paid to paint it by none other than the Medici family! After this we moved onto see La Primavera!
This was pained four years earlier also for the Medici family. None only are both of this paintings incredible famous, but the are incredibly impressive and not to mention huge! Botticelli is a famous Florentine painter, that was also part of a committee to decide where Michelangelo's David should be placed! Not only are Botticelli's works in the palace impressive, but the entire building itself. Its filled with amazing rooms, art, and high ceilings covered in frescos! After wandering around the museum, we caught a glimpse of Palazzo Vecchio before heading home!
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