Uffizi Gallery to Mark Car Bomb Disaster With Special Commemoration in May

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Tahlib

"Adoration of the Shepherds" (1620) by Gerard van Honthorst at the Uffizi Gallery

ITALY---On the 20th anniversary of the bomb disaster of Via dei Georgofili, the Uffizi Gallery will have a special opening of the Gallery free of charge. Also known as "The Massacre of via dei Georgofili (Italian: Strage di via dei Georgofili)", this disaster was a bomb explosion set by the Mafia very early in the morning of 27 May 1993 in Florence, Italy. This year, on Sunday May 26, 2013 the museum will remain open until 1:30am (last entrance at 1am May 27) in order to commemorate the precise time, 1:04 a.m. of the explosion of the car bomb explossion that took of the lives of 5 innocents along with three paintings, including an Adoration of the Shepherds (1620) by Gerard van Honthorst.