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Hotels near Medici Chapels

(Italiano: Cappelle Medicee)

General Info

The Medici Chapels, or Cappelle Medicee, is a collection of buildings currently being used as a museum in Florence, Italy. With its red slate dome and long wings stretching to either side, it is an iconic structure that immediately identifies the location as Florence. Contained as part of the museum are crypts and tombs of some of the distinguished Medici family. In its entirety, the complex is comprised of the Medici Chapel, the Sagrestia Nuova, or New Sacristy, and the Cappella dei Principi, which was the chapel for the Medici family. The New Sacristy, which was designed by Michelangelo, received this name to differentiate it from the Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy, designed by Brunelleschi and located in San Lorenzo. In addition to the museum, the main attraction of the Medici Chapels lies in their architecture. There is historical significance to the mausoleum and tombs, but inside are beautiful sculptures of marble, and the tombs themselves are allegorical representations of Night and Day, of Dawn and Dusk. The sculptures are representations of the people within the tombs, and are masterful pieces created by an artist at the height of his craft. The Medici Chapels are closed every other Monday, and certain Sundays.

Written on 01/31/09 by Anonymous

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