The Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence is home to Michelangelo's David, the 5 m marble statue carved between 1501 and 1504, displayed under a skylit dome. The gallery also has Michelangelo's unfinished 'Prisoners', figures that seem to be struggling out of the stone.
Book a timed ticket online to avoid a long queue. It's closed on Mondays. A copy of the David stands in the Piazza della Signoria, where the original stood until 1873.
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