Tribunan.
/trɪˈbuːnə/ Obsolete.
An octagonal saloon in the Galleria degli Uffizi at Florence containing many famous paintings and statues.
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c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 276 The quire, roofe & paintings in the Tribuna are excellent.
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 433 That admirable chamber called la Tribuna, or l'Octogone, which name it derives from its octangular figure... On entering the Tribuna, the eye is immediately struck with six marble statues standing in the center, among which is that famous statue, called the Venus de Medicis.
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