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What happened to Michelangelo’s bronze statue of Julius II in Bologna?

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Medallion depicting Pope Julius II — Julius II Julius II, contemporary medallion; in the coin collection of the Vatican Library.

Michelangelo’s colossal bronze statue of Pope Julius II, which was completed in 1508 and installed in the church of S. Petronio in Bologna, was destroyed in 1511. The citizens of Bologna pulled the statue down shortly after they drove the papal army out of the city.12