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Enjoy a visit to the Medici Chapels without stress. Make your on-line reservation in advance to get in, avoiding the long lines at the entrance.
Openings: From Monday to Sunday, 8:15 to 14:00
Closed: Closing the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of the month, 1st January, 1st May, 25th December.
Address: Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini, 6, Florence
REDUCED TICKETSReduced prices and free tickets.
Reduced tickets: for European Union citizens aged between 18 and 25 years, Teachers of Public Institutions in the EU (Vatican City, Monaco , Switzerland, Luxembourg , Republic of San Marino, Lichtenstein).
Free tickets: for non EU citizens under 18, EU citizens under 18, You will be asked to show your ID card at the entrance for reduced and free tickets.
DETAILED INFORMATION
Audioguides: Available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.
Disabled persons: The museum is accessible for disabled persons.
Cloakroom: Visitors must hand in umbrellas, large bags and backpacks. Service free of charge.
Bookshop:There is a museum shop at the entrance where it is possible to buy guide books in various languages.
NOTES
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If you're planning a short break in Florence, don’t miss a visit to the Museum of Medici Chapels. The Museum is located in the beautiful complex of the Basilica of San Lorenzo. The tour starts from the Crypt which houses the graves of 50 members of the Medici family, including Cosimo I, the Grand Duke Ferdinand I and his wife Christine of Lorraine, the Prince Lorenzo and the Cardinal Leopoldo.
From the Crypt you then go on to the Chapel of the Princes. The true masterpiece of the Museum is, however, the New Sacristy, designed by Michelangelo on a previous project by Giuliano da Sangallo. The New Sacristy was commissioned by Pope Leo X de' Medici for his father Lorenzo il Magnifico, his uncle Giuliano de' Medici and a few other members of the dynasty.
Michelangelo started working on it in 1520 and went on it till 1534, when he was called to Rome. The expulsion of the Medici in 1527 and the siege of Florence caused additional delays. The Medici Chapels is a true masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance.
MasterpiecesChapel of the Princes:
The sarcophagi of six Medici Grand Dukes are located against the walls of the big octagon; above the one of the Grand Duke Ferdinando I and the one of Cosimo II, within niches, we found two colossal gilded bronze statues, cast by Pietro and Ferdinando Tacca between 1626 and 1642. Below, sixteen coats of arms of Tuscan towns, made of semi-precious stones, mother of pearl, lapis-lazuli and coral.
New Sacristy:
Michelangelo, tombs of Lorenzo Duke of Urbino and Giuliano Duke of Nemours with the symbolical figures (Day and Night, Dawn and Dusk).
Michelangelo, Madonna and Child, on the tomb of Lorenzo the Magnificent and his brother Giuliano.
Enjoy a visit to the Medici Chapels without stress. Make your on-line reservation in advance to get in, avoiding the long lines at the entrance.