Uffizi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Florence, Italy, built in the 16th cent. by Giorgio Vasari for Cosimo I de Medici as public offices. It houses the state archives...houses the world-famous statue of the Venus of the Medici (Greek, 3d cent. b.c.), with other Greek...