The Classical Arno Facade of the Uffizi. Designed by Vassari on the North bank of the Arno river in Florence Italy.
The building of the Uffizi ordered by Cosimo I de Medici and supervised by Giorgio Vasari was commenced in 1560 The idea was to get the thirteen Guilds and Magistrates who administered the City under one roof or more exactly in closer proximity to Cosimo so he could control them better As a collateral benefit the Medicis were to get the top floor for their art theatre etc without paying anything At the same time Cosimo s wealthy wife Eleanor of Toledo had bought and was extending the Pitti Palace on the other side of the Arno So in 1565 well before the Uffizi had been completed Vasari was also set to work building his corridor a collection of linked galleries between the Palazzos Pitti and Vecchio which lent a new meaning to the phrase journey to work for Cosimo no more bodyguards or mixing with the masses and plenty of opportunity to secretly spy on the activities of his subjects a control freak s paradise
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