…taken in 2005 when I was about to join the queue to the gallery. At the time, it was 240 years since the Uffizi Gallery officially opened to the public in 1765 and I love the thought that perhaps standing in this spot a couple of centuries ago with everyone wearing the clothing of the time, we could still look up and see almost the same view…
Tower of Palazzo Vecchio and the Galleria degli Uffizi in Firenze…
Filed under inspiration + history, italy
Zoë Boccabella 
The Medici set up a table in front of the Uffuzzi thereby starting the first bank.
Thanks Debra!