Saturday, August 19, 2017

Date with David at Galleria dell'Academia

Friday 18 August ~ Firenze 

OK! One just does not come all this way and NOT make a date with Michaelangelo's David!

He is housed in the Galleria Academia and is truly magnificent and worth the hype. It's also worth the 8 + 4 Euro/pp entry fee. Note: Be sure to make reservations - worth the extra 4 Euros!






We also appreciated the works that Michaelangelo started when he was a young 28-years old - never finished. One can see the figures seem to emerge from the marble...
 

We also saw one of my all-time favorites: The Rape of the Sabines by Giambologna in 1582.



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