Bargello National Museum
Bargello National Museum, National museum in Italy
The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo, is a former barracks and prison, now an art museum, in Florence, Italy.
The building was made in 1255 by the people of Florence as a symbol of their victory over the nobility, and was originally used to house the Podesta, the city's highest magistrate.
It houses masterpieces by Michelangelo, such as his Bacchus, Pitti Tondo (or Madonna and Child), Brutus and David-Apollo.
The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 8.15 am to 1.50 pm.
The Bargello is one of the oldest buildings in Florence that have survived from the Middle Ages.
Location: Florence
Inception: 1865
Architect: Lapo Tedesco
Official opening: 1865
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Opening Hours: 2022 January 2-9: Monday-Friday 08:45-13:30, Saturday 08:45-18:30, Sunday 08:45-13:30; Tuesday [1,3], January 1 off
Phone: +390552388606
Email: mn-bar@beniculturali.it
Website: bargellomusei.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/269/museo-nazionale-del-bargello
Sources: Wikimedia, OpenStreetMap