The Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) is one of the most renowned art museums in the world, located in Florence, Italy. Originally designed by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de’ Medici, the building was intended as administrative offices (uffizi means "offices" in Italian) for Florence's government. Over time, it became a repository for the Medici family's vast art collection.
Today, the Uffizi houses masterpieces from the Italian Renaissance, including works by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael. Highlights include Botticelli's The Birth of Venus and Primavera. Its iconic architecture, with a long, elegant courtyard that opens to the Arno River, adds to the museum’s grandeur, making it a cultural and artistic treasure of Florence.
On the right of the painting you still see the Vasari Corridor leading to the Uffizi.