To admire the masterpieces of the Uffizi will cost €6 per person for a couple instead of €12 at the ticket office all day.
“This special offer is designed to be a Valentine’s Day treat ahead of time,” says Uffizi director Eike Schmidt.
Agnolo Doni, a merchant who specialized in exporting textiles throughout Europe allied himself with the powerful Medici family by marrying Maddalena Strozzi, and their 1504 wedding and reception was a costly and sumptuous affair. The pair also commissioned the Doni Tondo, a painting of the Holy Family — Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus — to Michelangelo in the early 1500s. The round panel is also displayed at the Uffizi. (rosanna cirigliano)