Day 12: Florence in Tuscany

Florence, Italy for 72 hours involved mainly sculptures. It was also 100F degrees for all this trekking.

Michaelangelo piece in the Boboli Gardens at Pitti Palace. A Sam for scale.
Pampaloni created a room full of sculptures and busts for the reigning Italian family. Seen at the Accademia.

We then visited the Accademia, a small museum best known for the goliath masterpiece of Michaelangelo, the David. It’s impressive to imagine the sculptor working on a piece of that scale, with such detail to the human form.

When you are rich and in power, it’s feasible to gather yourself a room of sculpted naked women for the sake of art.
The room Michaelangelo’s David sits in was designed specifically for the towering sculpture. Look at the size of his hands.

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