1. Brief stay in Venice

    · Venice, Veneto, Italy

    Brief stay in Venice
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    As Medici rule collapsed in Florence, Michelangelo sought safety away from the city and made a brief stay in Venice. The surrounding biographical section dates this journey to 1494; no more precise date is supplied.

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