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Description


If the Uffizi is home to some of the worlds most famous paintings, then the Accademia is home to THE most famous of statues. Michelangelo's David is probably the worlds most recognisable statue, but it isn't the sole exhibit in this museum, which at busy times can have queues only beaten by those for the Uffizi. On your approach to David you walk past six other Michelangelo statues which he never finished, because he wanted to leave them that way. The shapes of humans appear to be trying to wrestle themselves free from the rock itself and in some ways they can look quite creepy. At the same time they leave it up to your own imagination as to how they would have eventually looked. The Gallery also contains a number of religious paintings, and a large room filled with other statues and busts.

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Getting There


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Web Link


www.polomuseale.firenze.it
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (30/09/2007), and on time of last update (08/10/2007) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.