The Galleria dell’accademia in Florence, has made headlines. The high temperatures in the famous Museum to make both tourists as well as the works of art to create.
The stale air conditioning of the Galleria dell’Accademia is not able to control the rooms sufficient temp. Tourists fight in front of the famous David Statue of Michelangelo regularly with circulatory problems. Also many employees the power to create the heat, reported the Italian newspaper “La Stampa”.
According to the Florentine Association of trade Unions “Fp Cgil Firenze” there are in the entire bottom area of the Museum is not a constant cooling – for example, in the room with the world-famous, larger-than-life depiction of David by Michelangelo Buonarroti between 1501 and 1504 created. The Statue is the main attraction of the Galleria dell’Accademia. The Original was in the 19th century. Century for security reasons, brought here; the original location on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence with a copy of the masterpiece.
Trade Union calls for action
The situation is not only for visitors but also for the works of art critically, criticised the trade Union at the weekend. In some rooms the air humidity amounts to more than 78 percent. The official policies for the preservation of art and the preservation of panel paintings allowed to appreciate, but only in rooms with a maximum of 60 percent humidity.
The Director of the Museum, Cecilie Hollberg, contradicts: For the works of art are not considered at risk. “With the air conditioning, there are no problems that would not be known to us”, – quotes the German, which, since 2015, the famous Florentine Museum. The system was outdated and needed to be replaced, this was in the summer, however, is not possible. In contrast, the Union had demanded immediate action – for example, through the acquisition of mobile air-conditioning systems or the temporary reduction of the visit.
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A Hero, the grief is usual,
Michelangelo’s David is not only from the heat, with his feet, he has problems. As a freedom hero, he has to captivate weight too much for its slender. Fine hair cracks in the marble to let the experts in new opinion to be feared, that the first over life-size male Nude modern times can wear on its own weight.
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The Galleria dell’Accademia was the first Academy of drawing in Europe. It was founded in 1563. In the rooms of David, Giambologna’s original gutters sculptures for the “rape of the Sabine”, as well as paintings from the Florence of the 15th standing next to Michelangelo’s. and 16. Century.
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