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Italy - Rome, Florence, Bologna, San Marino and Venice
hangchoi:
David. The original one once was installed at the entrance of city hall (Piazza della Signoria). To celebrate the opening of this gallery, the government moved the original here and made a replica at the city hall. If you take a closer look at the sculpture, you will find that the head of the David is larger on scale. Michelangelo deliberately made it to cater for the viewing angle as most people will look up the statue.
I took some pictures from a different angle too. ;D
hangchoi:
Before we went to museum in the afternoon, we went to Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze. This church houses a lot of Firenze's heroes and was a scene for the movie Inferno. At the entrance, there is a statue of Dante, the one who described the hell in details and his description was generally used by the religious people.
hangchoi:
The church was constructed by Franciscan pligrim. It has a lot of tiny chapels. Quite and solemn. On the two side of the main church, different Firenze celebrities were buried there. Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Galileo, etc. There was a tomb for Dante but as far as I know Dante was not buried here... ???
hangchoi:
We spent most of our afternoon visiting Galleria degli Uffizi. Before that we took a picture of Ponte Vecchio, the old bridge.
Galleria degli Uffizi, due to its famous name, attracts a lot of visitors. Most of them know they have to book a ticket before visit and hence, not many people line up, just about 100 meter long queue. Yes, 100m long is considered as short queue here........
hangchoi:
The gallery is huge with lots of collections. They arranged the exhibits in chronological order. The most famous one is "The birth of Venus" by Botticelli. (the second picture)
The last one shows some sculptures, seeing them as a whole gave me an impression of a set of martial art.....
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