Tribuna of the Uffizi
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The Tribuna of the Uffizi is an octagonal room in the Uffizi gallery, Florence, Italy. Designed by Bernardo Buontalenti for Francesco I de' Medici in 1584, the most important antiquities and High Renaissance and Bolognese paintings from the Medici collection were and still are displayed here. The structure is octagonal because, according to Christian tradition, eight is the number which draws near Heaven. In 1737 the Grand Duchess Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici ceded the collection to the Tuscan government, and by the 1770s the Uffizi (and in particular the Tribuna) was the hub for Grand Tourists visiting Florence.
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Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence Quartiere 1
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Galleria degli Uffizi
Piazzale degli Uffizi 6
50122 Florence, Quartiere 1
Tuscany, Italy
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