Record Rainfall Causes Damage at the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti in Florence
18-09-2026 17:11 via artnews.com

Record Rainfall Causes Damage at the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti in Florence

Following heavy rainfall, a deluge flooded the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti, both in Florence, Italy, on Thursday, reported Euro News. Both were impacted by a torrential downpour in which nearly two inches of rain fell in an hour in Florence.At the Uffizi Gallery, there was a leak that appeared beneath a skylight in a room housing seven 17th-century paintings, including Caravaggio’s Bacchus.“The leak splashed the outer glass of the protective case containing Caravaggio’s Ba
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