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Tour Highlights
Michelangelo’s burial place
Santa Croce is one of Florence’s greatest buildings, a majestic Franciscan church located in a maze of medieval streets. As well as being abundantly furnished with sculpted tombs,cheap jordans free shipping, altarpieces and frescoes, it is also became Michelangelo’s burial place after his death in 1564,cheap jordan shoes, just along from Macchiavelli (died 1527) and Galileo (died 1642).
Casa Buonarroti
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Florence’s finest art
You will have ample opportunity to explore the masterpieces of this city of art at both The Bargello and the Uffizi. The Bargello was once used as a barracks but now boasts Florence’s best sculpture collection, including Michelangelo’s Bacchus and Pitti Tondo (Madonna and Child), as well as works by Donatello, Verrocchio and others. The internationally renowned Uffizi, which first opened to the public in 1591, today has one of the world's finest art collections, including Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo panel painting.
Explore with Martin Gayford
The writer and biographer is perhaps the ideal companion to a tour tracing Michelangelo’s life and works than Martin Gayford, an expert on the artist. Having written Michelangelo’s biography, he will explain the works and their context. One guest on the inaugural running of the Rome tour said: “How very lucky we were to have Martin Gayford. To have someone so very knowledgeable but who could impart his knowledge in such a relaxed, easy to listen to way just brought the trip alive in the most magical way.”
The artist in Rome
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