In 1560, Cosimo I commissioned Vasari to design a building near the Palazzo Vecchio to house the Medici administrative offices (uffizi). The architect razed to the ground the Romanesque church of San Pier Scheraggio (a few vestiges of which are displayed near the entrance) and designed a U-shaped building, giving onto the Signoria. By 1591, the east wing was in use. In 1737, Anna Maria Ludovica, the last surviving member of the family, bequeathed her entire collection to the city.