The Palace of the Uffizi was designed in 1559 and only took its architect, Giorgio Vasari, five years (1560-65) to build; this was the period in which Cosimo de' Medici, the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, was steadily consolidating - bureaucratically as well - his recent rise to power.
Il Palazzo degli Uffizi fu ideato a partire dal 1559 e costruito in soli cinque anni (1560-65) dall'architetto Giorgio Vasari nel periodo in cui Cosimo de' Medici, primo granduca di Toscana, andava consolidando anche burocraticamente il suo recente dominio.