Galleria dell'Accademia Florence
Overview
Founded by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo as Florence's academy of fine arts, today visited for Michelangelo's David, moved here from the Piazza della Signoria in 1873. The Slaves struggle in the hall leading to it, and the Museum of Musical Instruments holds a Stradivarius quartet.
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