Tagged With "Piazzale Michelangelo"

I don't know how these contemporary artists feel, but it's a tall order to be compared to Michelangelo. I think I'd rather take on the original Dream Team in basketball in their prime then what these artists up against.

    Among the many wonderful palaces of Europe, Versailles is said to be the greatest and grandest of them all.  It’s a  UNESCO World Heritage site  and is on almost every traveler’s list of “must see”...

  Imagine spending more than 20 years of your life crafting a set of doors, and beginning that daunting project when you're just 21 years old.  But the result is perhaps the most beautiful doors that have ever been made.  Then think of...

A crucifix made by Michelangelo as a thank-you gift to a Florence church has been re-installed there after restoration.

          The Vatican's Pieta, by Michelangelo.   Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia , home of Michelangelo's David, will put on a exhibition temporarily titled "The great masters of contemporary art...

  Springfield MA is the kind of city that most people speed by on the way to somewhere "more important."Sitting at the junction of Interstates 90 and 91, people zoom by traveling between Boston, Albany, Montreal and other places. If people...

Rebirth, the sculpture that will be unveiled for the anniversary.        UN Photo   The UN, whose Palais des Nations Geneva home was originally home to the League of Nations, will open the historic building for a day on...

Rouen has many churches and a spectacular cathedral, but two others, one old and one new, made a big impression on PHeymont.

A room where Michelangelo hid out after a failed revolt, and which was only rediscovered 40 years ago, is being prepared for the public.

LA may have a new Museum of Selfies, but the Uffizi's 19th-century curators made one of their own with the Medici's self-portrait collection.

London is considered to be the most visited city in the world travel map. Tourists from all over the world flock to this city for visiting historic monuments, massive architectural marvels and richest art treasures in galleries and museums. Whether you wish to travel on a private jet charter rental or want to reach London on economy class, the city will never fail to amuse you. Let us introduce here top 10 London attractions that you should visit in 2018. Wesminster Abbey: Westminster Abbey...

(Interior of the Colosseum, revealing tunnels below the floor) One of the challenges in crafting these blog posts is deciding how to best convey my impressions of a travel destination. How to best discuss a city as fascinating and historic as...

(Overview of the city, viewed from "Rome from the Sky") I'd previously discussed the old Roman Ruins, which you can read about here. After the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 A.D., Rome entered a dark age that lasted a thousand years. ...

(Mural of Pope John Paul II, St. Peter's Square, The Vatican) When visiting the Vatican you leave Italy and enter another country, albeit a very small (110 acre) country with only a few hundred permanent residents.  Yet the Vatican...

(View of Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo)  It’s hard to imagine a prettier setting for an historic city than the heart of Tuscany; that’s where you’ll find Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance and...

 Birthplace of the Renaissance, home of such great artists as Michelangelo and Donatello, Florence's influential roll in beginning the Renaissance is widely known.  The city is very worth visiting for it's great art, fascinating architecture...

A proposed McDonald's opposite Florence's famed cathedral has brought a storm of protest and an ironic parody of Michelangelo's David statue.

Select from the most interesting tours in the “Italian Athens”, among them Gastronomic, Vintage and bus tours. Choose yours one right now! (sponsored content)

In the first of two parts, DrFumblefinger helps us to a sense of Rome as it was in its heyday

Jonathan L has fallen in love with Florence, and its possibilities for walking.

Jonathan L takes us to the Piazzale Michelangelo for wonderful sunset views of Florence, Italy

Jonathan L takes us on an exploration of how the wealth and power of the Medici family was exhibited after their deaths

PHeymont finds the Brooklyn Historical Society as interesting from outside as from inside.

  It being the day before Good Friday, I thought it timely to share one of my favorite sculptures with you.  A major highlight of a visit to the Duomo Museum in Florence is to see Michelangelo's "The Deposition", also known as the...

DrFumblefinger visits the Vatican Museum and its age-old collections.

DrFumblefinger visits the historic home of the wealthy and influential Sforza family in Milan, and is especially pleased to see Michelangelo's final work,,the Pietà Rondanini.

An ongoing listing of exhibitions of interest around the world selected by Gumbo members.

Michelangelo's hidden drawings, made while hiding from an angry Medici Pope, are finally going on view