Ferragamo pledges to support Uffizi Gallery

Florentine luxury house Salvatore Ferragamo has pledged to donate 600,000 euros to Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

The museum will renovate several rooms that date back to the 15th century and display works by masters including Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pietro Perugino and Piero di Cosimo.

Ferragamo president Ferruccio Ferragamo stated: “We wanted to do something that would improve the city, to contribute to the Uffizi and Florence, and we were looking for a project that would be long lasting. We asked Cristina Acidini, the superintendent to the historic and architectural patrimony and of the organization that manages Florentine museums, and this fits our objectives.”

The Uffizi Gallery It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world, dating back to 1560.