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The Accademia Gallery is perhaps best-known for Michelangelo's David , removed after four centuries from Piazza Signoria, now exhibited in a specially constructed hall. Other works by Michelangelo include some of his Slave series and his sculpture of San Matteo. Also featured is an impressive collection of paintings from the 13th to 16th Centuries. Among the gallery's most noted works: a Sienese school Crucifix from the 13th Century, 24 panels Read more
The Accademia delle Arti del Disegno (\"Academy of the Arts of Drawing\") of Florence promotes the safeguard of the works of art in Italy. Founded in 1563, it was the first academy of drawing established in Europe. Read more
Though tour-bus crowds flock here just for Michelangelo's David, anyone with more than a day in Florence can take the time to peruse some of the Accademia's paintings as well.The first long hall is devoted to Michelangelo and, though you pass his Slaves and the entrance to the painting gallery, most visitors are immediately drawn down to the far end, a tribune dominated by the most famous Read more