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Tuscany is a rich region of history and of art. Almost each center of the region has developed, in the varied epoches, a particular vocation."No town in Tuscany is too small to have a museum, and many are tucked away in the most unlikely places !" | |
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Florence
has preserved its masterpieces and great works of architecture
over the centuries. The most important collection of paintings
in the world is offered by the Uffizi Gallery; visitors can enter
the very interesting Designs and Print Room; the collection of
self-portraits. Great paintings can be seen in the Gallery of
Palazzo Pitti, with Tiziano?s and Raffaello?s masterpieces. Florence
also has the Museum of the Costume and the Museum of the Carriages;
the beautiful Italian gardens can be admired in the Giardino di
Boboli. In the Museum of the Opera del Duomo the famous "Pietr"
by Michelangelo can be admired. Then, there are the Museum of
the Bargello, St. Mark?s Museum, the Academy Gallery and the Ethnologic
Museum Stibbert. Pisa, an ancient Roman naval base and maritime
republic, has the Museum of the Sinopie, which holds the preparatory
drawings for the frescoes, and the National Museum of St. Matteo.
Siena is a well-preserved medieval city; here there are the Civic
Museum, which houses the Histories of Alexander III, the Museum
of the Opera Metropolitana and the Pinacoteca Nazionale, with
Senese painting. Tradition and art are strong everywhere: in Arezzo
the Gallery and the Medieval and Modern Museum can be visited.