The Archaeological Museum is the best place to start visiting Archaeology in Florence . It contains one of the most important collections of Etruscan art in the world and is housed in the Palazzo della Crocetta, which was built for the grand duchess MariaMadalena of Austria in 1620, probably by Giulio Parigi. Established in 1870, [...]

The Uffizi Art Gallery is one of the most famous and oldest museums in the world.
Its building was begun in 1560, when Cosimo I de’ Medici commissioned to Giorgio Vasari the construction of a large building intended to hold the administrative and judicial offices of the city – hence the name “uffizi” (“offices”).
Five years [...]