Skip-the-Line Medici Chapels Ticket
Florence, Italy
Trip Type: Museum Tickets & Passes
Duration: Flexible
If you are in Florence don't miss the opportunity to visit Michelangelo's sculptures and architectural design of this special place; homage to the great Medici leaders decorated with the masterfully sculpted allegories of Night, Day, Dawn, and Dusk.
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If you are in Florence don't miss the opportunity to visit Michelangelo's sculptures and architectural design of this special place; homage to the great Medici leaders decorated with the masterfully sculpted allegories of Night, Day, Dawn, and Dusk.The Medici Chapels were built as the personal sepulcher of the Medici family in the Basilica of San Lorenzo and was considered by the Medici as their private church.
In 1520, Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, known as the future pope Clemente VII, together with pope Leo X commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti with the building of the Sagrestia Nuova as the mausoleum for the Medici family. The chapel was to form a pendant to Filippo Brunelleschi's Sagrestia Vecchia. Construction began in March 1520 and was finally completed by Giorgio Vasari in 1546, after Michelangelo had left Florence for Rome in 1534.
The chapel was to hold the tombs of the two "Magnifici" and the two "Capitani": Lorenzo il Magnifico, his brother Giuliano de' Medici, and Lorenzo Duke of Urbino and Giuliano Duke of Nemours (the third son of the Magnifico).
In 1520, Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, known as the future pope Clemente VII, together with pope Leo X commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti with the building of the Sagrestia Nuova as the mausoleum for the Medici family. The chapel was to form a pendant to Filippo Brunelleschi's Sagrestia Vecchia. Construction began in March 1520 and was finally completed by Giorgio Vasari in 1546, after Michelangelo had left Florence for Rome in 1534.
The chapel was to hold the tombs of the two "Magnifici" and the two "Capitani": Lorenzo il Magnifico, his brother Giuliano de' Medici, and Lorenzo Duke of Urbino and Giuliano Duke of Nemours (the third son of the Magnifico).
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