Galleria dell'Accademia
Via Ricasoli 58/60, 50122 Firenze
The block of marble that became David had been sitting around for 35 years, and nobody wanted it.
Museo Galileo
1 Piazza dei Giudici, Centro Storico, Florence, 50122, Italy
In a glass egg-shaped reliquary on the second floor, a bony finger points permanently toward the heavens.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello
4 Via del Proconsolo, Centro Storico, Florence, 50122, Italy
Before this building held some of the world's finest Renaissance sculptures, it held prisoners.
Palazzo Pitti
1 Piazza dei Pitti, Centro Storico, Florence, 50125, Italy
Luca Pitti wanted the biggest palace in Florence, and he wanted it bigger than anything the Medici had.
Uffizi Gallery
6 Piazzale degli Uffizi, Centro Storico, Florence, 50122, Italy
The name literally means "offices," which is the most spectacularly underselling name in art history.
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