Photo: Florence, Italy

Florence is an ideal location for the study of art, whether you're in high school or looking for new insights a bit later in life. The Uffizi gallery, completed in 1581, was opened to visitors by request shortly thereafter and opened to the public in 1765. It houses many works originally collected by the Medici family; its world-class collection of paintings includes works by Da Vinci, Boticelli, Michelangelo, and Caravaggio, as well as many others.

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See the Uffizi for yourself (and take a private tour of the Vasari Corridor) on our Insider's Florence tour.

if you're a High School student (or you know one), click to learn more about our Study Abroad programs, especially for high schoolers. Our new programs offer study opportunities in Beijing, Avila, and Florence.

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