Best Sculpture in Florence"

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Loggia dei Lanzi "Loggia of Duke Alessandro de'Medici"

Also called the Loggia della Signoria, the Loggia was named the Loggia dei Lanzi when the Duke Alessandro de' Medici made it the camp of the Lanzichenecchi after the fall of the Florentine Republic. It was the Signoria which commissioned a great Loggia for public use in 1350. The job was started by Orcagna, but continued and finished by Benci di Cione and by Michele Fabiano Francesco Talenti only in 1382. Made in Serena stone with acute pointed arches and bricks decorated by sculptures designed by Agnolo Gaddi, this taste for a clasical style is what characterises Florentine art of the time. Benvenuto Cellini's famous Perseus was installed under the Loggia, and in the central arch Giambologna's marble Rape of the Sabine Women, which can be found next to Hercules with Nessus also in marble. The other statues at the back near to the walls came from the Medici villa in Rome.

piazza della Signoria, Florence

Museo Nazionale del Bargello "Paintings & Sculpture"

The building which contains the Museo Nazionale del Bargello dates back to 1255. In the 16th Century, it became the residence of the bargello (head of police) and doubled as a prison. Then halfway through the 19th Century it was given to the national museum. A visit begins with the splendid courtyard and the ground floor room where some of Michelangelo's by Kandi masterpieces are exhibited, including the bust of Brutus and the David- Apollo statue. There are several of the early works of Donatello on the first floor, amongst them statues of David in marble and of St George and David in bronze. Also here are terracottas, glazed by Luca della Robbia, of the Virgin Mary with Child. The museum bought some minor decorative art including ivories from the Roman and the Byzantine periods, medieval enamels, German and French goldsmith's art and Renaissance jewelry.

+39 055 238 8606 www.bargellomusei.benic [email protected] Via del Proconsolo 4, ulturali.it/musei/1/bargello/ Florence

Duomo Museum "An Interesting Museum"

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo has been totally renovated and is located behind the Duomo. The museum shelters many works of art from the Duomo (cathedral), Campanile (bell tower) and Battistero (Baptistery), such as the statue of Boniface VIII, the work of Arnolfo di Cambo, or Donatello's Saint John and Magdalena. The furnishings are also by Sailko important, for example, the silver altar from the Battistero and the restored panels of the Gates of Paradise.

+39 055 230 2885 [email protected] piazza del Duomo 9, Florence Frilli Gallery "Best Artworks"

Established in 1860, the Frilli Gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in the country. Established by the much celebrated artist Antonio Frilli, the gallery is known for its spectacular collection of artworks by popular artists. Visitors can get up and close with a variety of artworks and replicas of famous masterpieces. Frilli boasts of a unique and exclusive by dailyinvention collection of models that is not found elsewhere in the world. The gallery has been garnered with lavish accolades and has won many awards nationally and internationally over the years. Frilli organizes several events nationally as well as internationally where a variety of famous artworks are put up on display.

+39 055 21 0212 www.frilligallery.com/ [email protected] Via dei Fossi 26, Florence

Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze "Paintings, Sculptures & Michelangelo's David"

Galleria dell'Accademia 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 by jay8085 the gallery's most noted works: a Sienese school Crucifix from the 13th Century, 24 panels by Taddeo Gaddi representing scenes from the Life of Christ and St Francis as well as Giovanni da Milano's Pietà.

+39 055 238 8612 www.galleriaaccademiafir galleriaaccademia@polom Via Ricasoli 58-60, Florence enze.beniculturali.it/ useale.firenze.it

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