Michaelangelo Hotel

... (bad luck to Versailles), is what we will remember. Also, the town is full of famous artworks. There seemed to be a Michaelangelo in every building - we figure there was probably one in our hotel somewhere. We also saw lots of great works by ...

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... one rethink the soldiers efforts during the war. Traffic is not very heavy. We got to Venice and our accommodation at the Hotel called the Michaelangelo and it has good size rooms. The hotel is about 8kms from the city. At 5pm, 8 of us decided to ...

... intriguing...we both really enjoyed seeing it...it's absolutely huge. There were other sculptures in the museum by Michaelangelo that weren't finished...a project that he was commissioned to do and then the project never happened...interesting stuff. ...

... ... by someone who hated him and thought he would fail as a painter and be kicked out of the Vatican. Before the Sistine Chapel, Michaelangelo had hardly painted anything, and he spent 4 years painting the roof... by the end he was semi blind, and had ...

... did in Venice, we rode first the whole circuit covering both sides of the Arno and above the Boboli Gardens to Piazza Michaelangelo with its spectacular views over the city. The commentary gave us a great history lesson and pointed out areas and things ...

... of this museum and pointed out interesting information about details not found in any guidebook.  We contemplated whether Michaelangelo's David is depicted before or after slaying the giant.  Tonya quoted Michaelangelo as telling Leonardo that ...

... the biggest church I have ever been into (and after the last couple of weeks, I have been into a fair few big churches). Michaelangelo's Peitra was quite stunning as were all the statues of saints. The size of the statues are simply huge, as you can see ...

... Ark. In the middle is the best part. In this frescoe there is a butt pointing right at the altar.(from an angel) MichaelAngelo made this butt because of the pope himself. The pope forced MichaelAngelo to paint it so here is his revenge.(Fun Fact)- The ...

... all the major sites in the old town of Brugge (not that big). We first went to the Church of Our Lady and saw a Michaelangelo statue (the Madonna and Child). It is the only Michaelangelo statue outside of Italy. The church was huge and free!! We then ...

... that our guide told us behind the frescos was both amazing and hilarious (when told of some of the hidden messages that Michaelangelo (the sculptor) incorporated into the 12 apostle frescos) at the same time as according to the approved church ...

... dogs would be served as breakfast in Italy? See the picture of Julia's breakfast. We went to the Academia Museum to see Michaelangelo's sculpture of David. Now, I am not a real "artie" person but this statue blew me away. It is 17 feet tall and the ...

... You can see where Caesar was stabbed in 44 BC, where Hadrian bought his fruit, where Caligula partied, where Michaelangelo wrote poetry, where Caravaggio murdered one of his critics, where Leonardo played practical jokes, where Mussolini entertained ...

... '. The centre of town has numerous temples converted in to food and clothes markets... a cathedral and a replica statue of Michaelangelo's 'David' (?!). China is a funny place because just when you think you've seen the strangest thing you could possibly ...

... random not very well know thing to do it Rome. There is this thing about 30 minutes walk away from the Colosseum that Michaelangelo designed.  Basically. it is some very nondescript gates with a keyhole in them that if you looked through it you ...

... pretty damn strong.  And delicious.  I stumbled back to the room and got ready for bed... pretty much passing out once I hit the mattress.  Tomorrow we have a date with the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia, home of Michaelangelo's "David". ...

... all about the ruined effect. We finally came upon eagerly waited (at least for me) souvenir vendors selling miniature colosseums, Michaelangelo's David statue, travel books, etc. I don't know why I get excited looking at these little dust-collector ...