Hours: From Tuesday to Sunday - from 8.15 to 18.50...

Hours: From Tuesday to Sunday - from 8.15 to 18.50
Price: 8 Euros
History: Founded in 1794 by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo to serve as a place of study for
students of the Academy of Fine Arts nearby (Accademia di Belle Arti), the first drawing academy
of Europe, the Gallery of the Academy (Galleria dell Accademia) in Florence has in its possession some of the most

What to see:
1) Statue of David
Shortly after returning to Florence, Michelangelo was given the commission to transform an enormous and
imperfect white marble on a statue of David, the biblical assassin of Goliath. Working with
habitual seclusion, he completed at the end of 1504 the most famous work ever carved. With more than five meters
tall and incredibly bright, she eclipsed all of David's other statues, including his version of boy
made by Verrocchio and for which the young Leonardo had served as a model.
A more general criticism from Leonardo to Michelangelo was the argument that painting is an art form
superior to sculpture