Audio guide ACCADEMIA GALLERY Tourist Guide

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ACCADEMIA BRIDGE

For many centuries, the only bridge that remained standing over the Grand Canal was the Rialto Bridge: the other two only came after the mid-nineteenth century, were immediately indispensable and...

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HISTORY

Before you begin your visit to the Accademia Gallery, which is mandatory for art lovers from around the world, let me briefly summarize its history. The museum was founded in 1750 along with the...

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THE TEMPEST - GIORGIONE

The so-called "Tempest" by Giorgione da Castelfranco, who is one of the greatest geniuses of Venetian 16th-century painting, is also one of the most mysterious masterpieces. You won't often...

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PIETA' - TITIAN

You are now standing before the last masterpiece of the patriarch of Venetian painting: Pietà, Titian's last work of art. It is a tragic painting, a canvas loaded with personal and...

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THE MIRACLE OF ST. MARK

In the same room where you just admired Titian's last masterpiece, you're now standing before Jacopo Tintoretto's first great success, with which he began his ascent to the top of the Venetian...

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THE FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF LEVI

You are now in the Gallery's largest hall, which was built at the beginning of the 1800s and is home to paintings of massive proportions: authentic glories of Venetian Renaissance painting. Make...

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LEGEND OF SAINT URSULA - 1

An unmissable landmark during your tour of the Accademia Gallery is the large room where you currently stand, which was specifically designed to display the entire cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula by...

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LEGEND OF SAINT URSULA - 2

Are you ready to follow this movie separated into nine scenes? Then let's start with the prologue, where the king of Brittany and father of Ursula welcomes the ambassadors carrying Ethereal's marriage...

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LEGEND OF SAINT URSULA - 3

Going along the opposite wall in the same clockwise direction, let yourself be carried away by... The Saint's Dream: this painting is a masterpiece of sensitivity and tenderness, all made so with a...

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SCUOLA DELLA CARITA'

As I mentioned, the Academy of Fine Arts and its subsequent Gallery were established in a building with extensive history, and during this tour you passed through many ancient rooms which have been...

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Venice ACCADEMIA GALLERY

ACCADEMIA BRIDGE

HISTORY

THE TEMPEST - GIORGIONE

PIETA' - TITIAN

THE MIRACLE OF ST. MARK

THE FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF LEVI

LEGEND OF SAINT URSULA - 1

LEGEND OF SAINT URSULA - 2

LEGEND OF SAINT URSULA - 3

SCUOLA DELLA CARITA'