La Galleria degli Uffizi
The colonnade of the
Uffizi begins at the Loggia della Signoria. Vasari realized it
between 1560 and 1574 under order of Cosimo I De' Medici and it
was later on modified by Buontalenti to place several art works
owned by the "De'Medici" family whose collection of
masterpieces increased with the inheritance of Francesco Maria
della Rovere that added works by Raphael and Titian. Later on,
cardinal Leopold's collection, inherited by his nephew Cosimo II,
further enriched the Uffizi gallery wich was eventually passed to
the city of Florence by the "De' Medici" family.