10/17/2016 – AFP

Two of the most famous works of Sandro Botticelli, “Spring” and the “Birth of Venus”, were unveiled in a new setting Monday following extensive renovation work at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery.

Rooms nine and 15, two of the most visited in a celebrated museum that pulls in two million guests per year, have been closed for enlargement and modernisation since July 2015.

As well as the Botticelli masterpieces, the rooms are also home to major works by Pollaiolo, Hugo van der Goes and Domenico Ghirlandaio.

All the works are now lit by natural light from above and the gallery’s German director Eike Schmidt said visitors would now be able to spend more time contemplating them thanks to the new layout…. read more here