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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.
HAVE A GREAT PRIVATE EXCURSION FROM THE PORT OF NAPLES TO NAPLES CENTER, POMPEII, SORRENTO AND AMALFI COAST IN ONE DAY AT A REASONABLE PRICE !!!
Why do not you arrange with us an amazing day in the Gulf of Naples - a private tour (just for you) with a comfortable limousine or minivan with driver and an English-speaking tour guide? We have organized for you a great guided tour to Naples-Pompeii-Sorrento-Amalfi Coast (Positano). Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.
POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
This is one of the so-called ‘town villas’ which was built on more than one level (possibly four) against the town walls in the last period of the town’s life. The villa had a fine view over the Gulf of Naples and its interior was entirely decorated in the Pompeian fourth style. The villa itself is the result of the fusion of a number of previously built houses and so, in a tiny room in the central apsidal structure, we can find the remains of second style frescoes, including what appears to be a portrait of the Venus of Pompeii. The side walls in the same area are also decorated with stars and small moon designs, suggesting that the room may have been used for astr ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. exc. 7) Ingredients:
- 6 whole herring or mackerel, gutted (or 4 cod fillets)
- 4 turnips
- 2 + 2 tbsp olive oil
- 100 + 300 ml white wine
- 150 ml water
- 20 g butter
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp laurel berries (or juniper berries)
- Pinch of saffron
- 1 tbsp cornflour
Instructions:
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First peel the turnips and boil until soft. Pour off the excess water and mash them with butter. Spread this mash on a serving plate.
Fillet the fish and poach them lightly in a mi ... 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.