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Pergamon Museum, Berlin
This fabulous collection of antiquities includes the
famous blue-tiled Ishtar Gate from Babylon, dating
from the 6th century BC (see p504).

The Hermitage,
St. Petersburg
The Hermitage (see
p658) houses an
impressive collection
of Impressionist
paintings, such as
Woman Combing
her Hair (c.1885)
by Edgar Degas.

Kunsthistorisches
Museum, Vienna
Based on the imperial collections
of the Habsburgs, the museum
(see p562) houses archaeology,
paintings, and sculpture, such as
this woodcarving of the
Madonna (c.1495) by Tilman
Riemenschneider.

Uffizi, Florence
The Uffizi (see pp404–6) was built originally as
the “offices” of the Medici rulers of Florence.
Transformed into a gallery in 1581, the building
now displays such masterpieces as The Annunciation
by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Vatican Museums, Rome
Classical and Early Christian statues excavated in Rome
over the centuries include this charming Good Shepherd
(4th century AD). The vast papal museum (see pp378–80)
also holds great paintings by Michelangelo and Raphael,
commissioned during the Renaissance.

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