A marble statue of Gionanni Boccaccio by Odoardo Fantachiotti (1809-1877), in the Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence.
The Uffizi Gallery has an unusual and singular horseshoe shape, also called U shape, which opens towards the Arno River. The two bodies of the building are parallel and conjoined by a connecting corridor that has six big arched windows that open over the courtyard of the palace and over the Arno River. The two floors of the building, divided by string courses, stand over a portico that runs along the whole length of the palace and is sustained by pillars. In the niches of the portico are 28 marble statues portraying the most important Tuscan personalities who distinguished themselves from the Middle Ages until the 19th century.
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Location: Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence. Italy
Photo credit: © George Brice / Alamy / Afripics
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