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marmoreal adj (literary)

Resembling marble or a marble statue; cold, smooth, white, etc.; marblelike. (obsolete) Made out of marble. The Italian artist Michelangelo’s statue of David was unveiled on this day in 1504 outside the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. It was moved to its current location in the Galleria dell’Accademia 150 years ago in 1873.

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