FIrenze celebrates Michelangelo Buonarroti’s 550 years with a program of initiatives. It starts today March 6, the artist’s birthday, with an evening visit and then continue all year round with reading, conferences and concerts, in the city symbol of the Renaissance. The program is promoted by the Academy galleries.

Florence celebrates Michelangelo

Cristina Acidini, president of the work of Santa Croce introduces and opens the event: «Michelangelo belongs to all of us and is our contemporary, because not only his works are calls for attention and study, of admiration for professionals and for a public as vast as the world. But his personality still illuminates us today as an example of dedication and if necessary courage in the expression of his beliefs and choices “.

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