Where is the REAl David in Florence?
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"This museum boasts many paintings and sculptures, but they're completely overshadowed by one work:
http://www.frommers.com/destinations...cfm?a_id=21184
"Michelangelo's colossal David, unveiled in 1504 and now the world's most famed sculpture. It first stood in Piazza della Signoria but was moved to the Accademia in 1873 (a copy was substituted) and placed beneath the rotunda of a room built exclusively for its display."
http://www.frommers.com/destinations...cfm?a_id=21184
"Michelangelo's colossal David, unveiled in 1504 and now the world's most famed sculpture. It first stood in Piazza della Signoria but was moved to the Accademia in 1873 (a copy was substituted) and placed beneath the rotunda of a room built exclusively for its display."





