A Monument to Michelangelo

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Monument to Michelangelo, Santi XII Apostoli

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For the last thirty years of his life Michelangelo lived in self-imposed exile in Rome. There he died on February 18th, 1564, a few weeks short of his 89th birthday.

​His body was moved to the nearby church of Santi XII Apostoli before being taken to Florence for burial. There is a monument in one of the two cloisters of the church recording Michelangelo's brief presence.