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Cloudburst in Florence: Rain Pours Into the Uffizi and Historic Palazzo Pitti

Summary by Euronews
At the Uffizi Gallery, water leaked under the skylight of a room holding seven 17th-century paintings including Caravaggio's Bacchus. Rain entered Palazzo Pitti, closing rooms in the Modern Art Gallery.

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A violent storm that struck Florence and in an hour exceeded 45 mm of rain, created moments of apprehension for the works kept in the Uffizi Gallery....

·Milan, Italy
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The water entering the museum narrowly avoided causing incalculable cultural damage.

·Hungary
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Rain on display case of Caravaggio's "Bacchus". No damage to the painting.

·Vienna, Austria
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This afternoon after a storm in Florence with over 45 millimeters rained in an hour, at the Uffizi Gallery there was an infiltration of water under the skylight...

·Rome, Italy
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This afternoon after a storm in Florence with over 45 millimeters rained in one hour, at the Uffizi Gallery there was a water infiltration under the skylight of the room where seven paintings of the seventeenth century are welcomed, including the Bacchus of Caravaggio. The infiltration, reports the museum, wet with sketches the external glass of the [...] L'articolo Uffizi in Florence, infiltration after water bomb: the glass of the Bacchus of C…

·Rome, Italy
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La Repubblica broke the news in Rome, Italy on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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