Experts' Choice Award Cappelle Medicee
What the experts agree on
Michelangelo's masterpiece of sober grandeur—intimate tombs crowned by his haunting allegorical sculptures (Night, Day, Dusk, Dawn) that define Renaissance artistic achievement in Florence's San Lorenzo.
“A tour de force of architecture and sculpture. ”
– Fodor's
Concierge "Attached to the church of San Lorenzo, this complex of three rooms is the final resting place of Medicis great and small."
Let's Go "The dark Cappella Principe hovers over the sky and guards six mighty-looking tombs of Medici rulers. " Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"The funerary chapel... is striking for its sheer scale and its sombre aspect. The New Sacristy (built to house the Medici tombs - note the sculpture) is Michelangelo's." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "The Medici Chapels are two beautiful chapels in the Basilica of San Lorenzo, which set the stage for the Renaissance." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Michelangelo's most mournful works are these intimate tombs of the Medici family, topped with colossal figures of Night, Day, Dusk and Dawn, with a Madonna and Child between them."
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Frommer's "This pair mirrors the similarly fashioned “Day” (male) and “Night” (female) across the way. " Full review
Lonely Planet "In the Museo Delle Cpelle Medicee, you'll find the monumental tombs of some of the most prominent members of the dynasty, including those contained in Michelangelo's spectacular Sagrestia Nuova"
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Lonely Planet "The artist's architectural accomplishments include the vestibule of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana and the Sagrestia Nuova, which is found inside the Museo delle Cappelle Medicee, the..."
Lonely Planet "For seriously glitzy razzle-dazzle, hit the Medici Chapels Museum, the burial site of the Medici dynasty since 1429. It's hard not to ogle in disbelief at the conceited riot of polychrome..."
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