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The Sagrestia Nuova, also known as the New Sacristy and the Medici Chapel, is a mausoleum that stands as a testament to the grandeur and artistic vision of the Medici family. Constructed in 1520, the mausoleum was designed by the Italian artist and architect Michelangelo .
The Sagrestia Nuova; on the left is the tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino; on the right, the altar. The Sagrestia Nuova [1] or New Sacristy, also known simply as the Medici Chapel, was intended by Cardinal Giulio de' Medici and his cousin Pope Leo X as a mausoleum or mortuary chapel for members of the Medici family.
Medici Chapel most often refers to the Sagrestia Nuova or New Sacristy in San Lorenzo, Florence, a burial chapel with sculpture and architecture by Michelangelo. It may also refer to: Medici Chapels, a complex of two chapels at San Lorenzo (the Sagrestia Nuova and the Cappella dei Principi) operated as a museum
The Sagrestia Vecchia di San Lorenzo, or Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo, is the older of two sacristies of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy. It is one of the most important monuments of early Italian Renaissance architecture . [ 1 ]
San Lorenzo High School, also known as "SLz", is a public high school located in San Lorenzo, California, and is part of the San Lorenzo Unified School District. The school's student body reflects the diversity of its surrounding and nearby communities, namely San Lorenzo , San Leandro , Hayward , and Oakland . [ 2 ]
The new Pope Leo X was no stranger to Michelangelo, being no other than his old schoolmate Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Since Leo was a Medici, one of the projects that naturally occurred to him was the decoration of the unfinished front of his family's church, San Lorenzo , in Florence. [ 8 ]
Facade for the Basilica of San Lorenzo Basilica of San Lorenzo 1516–1520: Florence Unexecuted New Sacristy (Medici Chapel) Basilica of San Lorenzo 1520–1534: Florence Laurentian Library Basilica of San Lorenzo 1523–1559: Florence Plans for new City fortifications 1528–1529: Florence Tribune for the Relics Basilica of San Lorenzo 1531 ...
San Lorenzo Unified School District is a school district in Alameda County, California, serving the CDP of San Lorenzo and portions of the cities of Hayward and San Leandro and the CDPs of Ashland, Castro Valley and Cherryland. It was established in 1859, making it one of the oldest continuously operating school systems in the State of California.