Probably the most well-known piece of art in Florence is The David by Michelangelo, housed at the Accademia Gallery. Rightfully so, the marble sculpture stands at 17 feet tall! We spent a long time discussing his posture, he facial expressions, the marble block and the other objects in the sculpture. (If marble could talk, right?)
Our third Italy tour was of the Bargello National Museum and Opera del Duomo Museum. I could have spent 3x as much time in each museum learning more about each piece of art. The more we toured museums and learned about the Renaissance, the Medici Family and the role of the Church, the more things…
We met our tour group at 7:30am at the train station and took off for our 3-city tour. We rode in one of those large double-decker coach buses. We sat in the 2nd and 3rd rows of the top so we had some neat views of Tuscany. We’re not excited at all, neither are the…
Who is ready for a ton of Florence content? I took about a million photos and saw about a million pieces of art. Here are few highlights from our tour of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, the San Lorenzo Church and San Marco Monastery.
