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  2. Medici Chapels - Wikipedia

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    The Medici Chapels (Italian: Cappelle medicee) are two chapels built between the 16th and 17th centuries as an extension to the Basilica of San Lorenzo, in the Italian city of Florence. They are the Sagrestia Nuova ('New Sacristy'), designed by Michelangelo , and the larger Cappella dei Principi ('Chapel of the Princes'), a collaboration ...

  3. Sagrestia Nuova - Wikipedia

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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 .

  4. Medici Chapel - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. ‘Secret room’ decorated by Michelangelo to open to the public ...

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    A subterranean corridor in Florence covered with charcoal drawings of figures thought to be sketched by Michelangelo while in hiding is be opened to the public for the first time.

  6. Cappella dei Principi - Wikipedia

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    The Chapel was based on the idea that the Grand Duke Cosimo II de' Medici wanted to create a monument for a family tomb. Work began on the tomb under Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici who appointed architect and sculptor Matteo Nigetti in 1604, based on a design by Don Giovanni de' Medici, brother of the Grand Duke himself. Nigetti completed ...

  7. Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence - Wikipedia

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    The cruciform basilica with the vast domed apsidal Medici Chapel; in the cloister is the Laurentian Library Glory of Florentine Saints on the interior of the dome over the crossing. The most celebrated and grandest part of San Lorenzo is the Cappelle Medicee (Medici Chapels) in the apse.

  8. Palazzo Medici Riccardi - Wikipedia

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    The Palazzo Medici, also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded it, is a 15th-century Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. It was built for the Medici family, who dominated the politics of the Republic of Florence. It is now the seat of the administration of the Metropolitan City of Florence and a ...

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