The Five Museums in Tuscany which you Cannot Miss!
Dear
Friends,
In this
article I'm going to try and inform you about the main museums of Tuscany which
for me I would say you cannot miss during your travels in Tuscany. We will
start with the first:
1 - Gli
Uffizi (Florence)
La Galeria
degli Uffizi is located in Florence and is without a doubt one of the most
important museums in Italy, if not the world.
This museum
holds works of art of an inestimable value that the Medici family, who ruled
Florence during the Italian Renaissance, purchased or received as donations
during their reign.
This museum
is divided into different rooms in chronological order and displays art from
the 12th century to the eighteenth century with its best collection of Renaissance
works.
Inside
there are masterpieces of Cimabue, Caravaggio, reaching Giotto, Leonardo da
Vinci, Michelangelo, Raffaello and others such as Sandro Botticelli.
Like all
the major museums Uffizi is very popular so I would advise you to buy the ticket
in advance in order to avoid the long queues.
Here I give
you the link to the museum: http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/en/index.php
2 - La Galeria de la Accademia (Florence)
La Galeria
de la Academia is the second museum in Florence which is very important and
like Uffizi it is located in the historic city center. The museum, the second
in Italy for number of visitors after the Uffizi Gallery, featuring the largest
number of sculptures including Michelangelo's famous David.
Inside the
gallery you can also see other important collections like the artifacts from
the collection of historical Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini.
Here is the
museum's website: http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/en/musei/index.php?m=accademia
3 - The Museum Opera della Duomo de Siena (Siena)
The Museum of
the Opera del Duomo in Siena is located next to the Cathedral, located in what
was supposed to be the right aisle of the "New Cathedral", according
to a proposed expansion of the fourteenth century which was never completed.
The gallery
contains many works of art from the medieval period and includes the artistic
production of Duccio di Buoninsegna, which
was his absolute majestic masterpiece. Inside the museum you can also find the
works of Giovanni Pisano Donatello, Jacopo della Quercia, John Dupre, etc.
For more
information, I forward you this link: http://www.operaduomo.siena.it/eng/index.htm
4 - Medici Villas
The Medici
villas are architectural complexes belonging to the Medici family from the
fifteenth to the seventeenth century found in the surrounding areas of Florence
and elsewhere in Tuscany.
Besides
being a place of leisure and entertainment the villas were small centers of
power from which the territory of the Medici family was administered. The
villas were also the agricultural center of the economic activities of the
Medici family.
On 23 June
2013, the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh declared 14 of these villas as
UNESCO World Heritage.
To see the
list of villas as well as to access more information about them, I invite you
to visit the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_villas
5 - Museum
of the Etruscan Academia in Cortona
Although
there are other museums that can be considered of greater artistic importance I
wanted to introduce here the Etruscan Museum of Cortona. The reason why I
decided to add it is to pay respect that it was the first civilization of
relevance to occupy the lands of Tuscany thousands of years ago.
You have to
know that the Etruscans were a population who lived in Tuscany before the
Romans and reached a high degree of civilization before being overcome by them.
Cortona was one of the capitals of the kingdom of the Etruscans and in this
delightful village you will find the museum able to tell their story.
For more
information then visit the official page of the museum: http://www.cortonamaec.org/english/index.php
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this article makes you more aware of the significant museums of Tuscany.
Regards,
Giorgio
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