The ranking of the entrances in the places of Italian culture in 2021 sees the Uffizi Galleries in Florence in first place.
The primacy of the Uffizi
In 2021, 1.721.637 tickets were sold to visit the Uffizi, for the first time in history more than those sold to enter the Colosseum. In fact, in 2021, the Roman amphitheater had to be satisfied - if we can say so - with second place (with 1.633.436 admissions). The third most visited place of culture in our country, again in 2021, was the Vatican Museums with 1.612.530 entrances. The fourth place goes instead to the Pompeii Archaeological Park, with 1.037.776 tickets sold.
To draw up the prestigious ranking was the Journal of the Art, magazine that - in addition to the ranking just released - has also communicated other numbers that reward the Uffizi Galleries. Last year, in fact, the Florentine Museum also excelled in terms of the most visited exhibition. Giuseppe Penone, Trees in verse it was visited by 435.283 people in the nearly three months of opening. The second and third place in terms of number of admissions in 2021 also concern two exhibitions held right in the Uffizi Galleries. The last seal on the painting by Bartolomeo della Gatta with the Stigmata of San Francesco totaled 404.843 admissions in just over 3 months, Leo X returns to Florence 256.305 admissions in 13 months.
Culture in the world
The satisfactions for the Uffizi Galleries they also come from intercontinental numbers. Penon e Saint Francis they are placed in third and fourth place surrendering to the Gallery of Victoria of Melbourne with Ngv Triennial, and MoMa di New York with Automania. Gratifying words come from the director of the Galleries Eike Schmidt, who declared himself very hopeful for the future. Also from Schmidt comes the compliments for all the staff of the Uffizi, to whom he recognized an excellent team game aimed at building the loyalty of visitors.
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