The Palace of Uffizi, initially built by Vasari in 1560 to be the seat of Florentine bureaucracy, is nowadays one of the most important paintings museums in the world: the Uffizi Gallery. It contains the whole magnificient collection by Medici family, enlarged by following integrations by Tuscany Grand-Dukes, and it provides a complete panorama of Italian paintings from XIII to XVII century. There are exposed works by: Cimabue, Giotto, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, Paolo Uccello, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Perugino, Bellini, Giorgione, Correggio, Tiziano, Caravaggio.

The most prestigious hall in the Museum is the Sala del Botticelli (Hall of Botticelli) where are collected all the major masterpieces by this artist, from the Nascita di Venere (Birth of Venus) to La Primavera (The Spring). Other capital masterpiece exposed inside the Museum are: the Tondo Doni by Michelangelo; the Adorazione dei Magi (King's Adoration) and the Annunciazione (Annunciation) by Leonardo da Vinci.

The Palace of Uffizi is connected to Palazzo Pitti, the new seat of Medici's government, by the long and suggestive Corridoio Vasariano (Vasari's Corridor), an elevated passage which crosses the Arno river upside the Ponte Vecchio. It was built by Vasari in 1565 and along its walk is exposed a rich collection of paintings, where stand out the self-portraits by Tiziano, Veronese, Correggio.