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ACCADEMIA GALLERY IN FLORENCE – TOUR WITH ENGLISH-SPEAKING EXPERT GUIDE
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ACCADEMIA GALLERY IN FLORENCE – TOUR WITH ENGLISH-SPEKAING GUIDE
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DURATION: | 1 ½ hours | |
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PRICE: | 120 EURO | |
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AVAILABILITY: |
All-year-round | |
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INCLUDED IN THE PRICE: |
Authorized English-speaking guide (only for You) for the visit (1 hour and 30 minutes) in the Accademia Gallery in Florence THE ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED
The Accademia Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday | |
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The Staff of the museum will provide assistance to reach the first floor of the Gallery | |
The gallery was founded in 1784 and is after the Uffizi the most visited museum of the city.
In the Gallery you will have the possibility to admire the Giant (known as the David), built by Michelangelo when he was only 29 years old. He took a column of white Carrara marble, which was abandoned by another artist and produced the world wide famous statue. In 1878 the David got moved beneath a rotunda, built expressly for it. There is still a copy in its original place in the Piazza della Signoria. Some years later the David has been attacked by glass shield as same as Rome’s Pietà.
At the beginning of the 20th Century followed an impressive series of other works by Michelangelo Buonarroti: "San Matteo" (St. Matthew) and the 4 "Prigioni" (Prisoners), which were originally intended for the grave of Pope Julius II in Rome, however, at the end of the 16th century they were situated in the grotto of the Giardino di Boboli (Boboli garden); and finally the "Pieta di Palestrina" (whose assignment to an author is still very controversial).
A detailed reorganization and restoration of several rooms on the top floor allowed an extension of the exhibition for more paintings from the 15th and 16th Century.
Moreover, to the visitors recently was opened the hall, in which are issued the Plaster of Lorenzo Bartolini and Luigi Pampaloni, two famous sculptors of the 19th Century.
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POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
Three almost identical buildings situated on the southern side of the Forum were the seat of the town’s municipal offices. The most important of these were the office of the Duumviri, the highest authority in the town, the office of the Aediles, who were responsible for public work and maintenance of town building, the Council of Decurions, who acted as town councillors, and the municipal archives. While archaeologists are certain of the general function of the complex, opinion is divided on the actual use of the individual building. The first on the right, in the corner where the Basilica stands, was probably the Curia, seat of the Ordo Decurionum or town council. T ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 4, 2, 25) Ingredients:
- 500 g scallion
- Liquamen (o 1 tblsp soya sauce + 1 tblsp anchovy paste)
- 3 tblsp oil
- 1/2 glass water
- 2-5 fillets smoked herrings
- 2 tblsp honey
- 2 tblsp red wine (like dry Marsala)
- Savory
Instructions:
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Clean the scallion. Put in a pan Liquamen, oil and water; mesh and warm. Cut in a half and dispose it in a pyrex-dish. After boiling, add smoked herrings, cut in fillets, between the scallion. Do not mesh, but only shake and tilt the pan. Melt honey in wine and pour on s ... continue
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.