From David to David: Piazza Signoria to Accademia Gallery Guided Tour
Florence, Italy
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Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 2 hours
Enjoy a different way to fully appreciate the most iconic Michelangelo's masterpiece! From David to David is the ideal small group walking tour starting from Piazza della Signoria - where David stood for over 300 years - to the Accademia Gallery, where the gigantic statue was moved to in 1873. So many reasons involved to make this statue so relevant! Your guide will highlight aspects to bring to life all statues of both Piazza della Signoria and of the Accademia Gallery.
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Enjoy a different way to fully appreciate the most iconic Michelangelo's masterpiece! From David to David is the ideal small group walking tour starting from Piazza della Signoria - where David stood for over 300 years - to the Accademia Gallery, where the gigantic statue was moved to in 1873. So many reasons involved to make this statue so relevant! Your guide will highlight aspects to bring to life all statues of both Piazza della Signoria and of the Accademia Gallery.Enjoy a small group tour focusing on Michelangelo's David and his non-complete Prisoners at the Accademia Gallery in Florence, starting from Piazza della Signoria to see the very spot where David stood in original for over three hundred years, at first alone and then surrounded by other memorable statues, sculpted by top Florentine artists.
Your guide will present Piazza della Signoria under a different perspective than the usual polical one, and one by one all splendid statues will be brought to life in their magnificent context, which during the 1500s transformed Piazza della Signoria into the most spectacular open-air museum of sculpture of Italy. Your tour will continue through the via Calzaioli and then the Cathedral Square underlining the presence along the way of other splendid Florentine buildings, i.e. Orsamichele and Giotto's bell-tower and St. John's Baptistery with Ghiberti's Gate of Paradise, seen as early public museums.
Upon your arrival to the Accademia Gallery, your admiration for Michelangelo's David and for his fantastic non complete Prisoners will certainly increase!
Your guide will present Piazza della Signoria under a different perspective than the usual polical one, and one by one all splendid statues will be brought to life in their magnificent context, which during the 1500s transformed Piazza della Signoria into the most spectacular open-air museum of sculpture of Italy. Your tour will continue through the via Calzaioli and then the Cathedral Square underlining the presence along the way of other splendid Florentine buildings, i.e. Orsamichele and Giotto's bell-tower and St. John's Baptistery with Ghiberti's Gate of Paradise, seen as early public museums.
Upon your arrival to the Accademia Gallery, your admiration for Michelangelo's David and for his fantastic non complete Prisoners will certainly increase!
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