Art lovers rush to Uffizi’s Facebook page during virus shutdown

A file photo of a visitor looking at the 'Annunciation de San Martino alla Scala', painted in 1481 by Italian painter Sandro Botticelli, at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The museum's page, launched on March 10, had notched up more than 19,000 followers by March 11 evening and the three videos it had posted had more than 300,000 views. — AFP

ROME: Florence's world-famous Uffizi Gallery said March 11 that art lovers had rushed to its new Facebook page as the museum – like others across Italy – stays shut to fight the country's coronavirus outbreak.

The page, launched on March 10, had notched up more than 19,000 followers by March 11 evening and the three videos it had posted had more than 300,000 views.