Obs. [It. and med.L. tribūna, f. L. tribūnus TRIBUNE sb.1] An octagonal saloon in the Galleria degli Uffizi at Florence containing many famous paintings and statues.
1644. Evelyn, Diary, 20 Nov. The quire, roofe and paintings in the Tribuna are excellent.
1756–7. trans. Keysler’s Trav. (1760), II. 19. 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.
