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Private Medici Chapels and San Lorenzo Square Guided Visit
Recommended for your Florence trip
Free Cancellation
up to 24 hours in advance
2 hours (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English and 4 more
Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Overview
Enjoy a private tour of the fascinating Medici Chapels, museum, and neighborhood around the wonderful San Lorenzo Square to learn more about the family that ruled the Florentine Republic for so long. See famous sculptures by Michelangelo, admire the frescoes that line the walls, and see Medici family crypt over the course of the tour.
- Private tour of Medici Chapels and neighborhood around San Lorenzo Square
- Visit the Medici Chapels to see Michelangelo sculptures
- Admire the colorful mosaics decorating the chapel walls
- See the crypt where the Medici family are buried
- Explore the Medici District around San Lorenzo Square
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Choose a morning or afternoon tour and meet your guide near the entrance to the Medici Chapels for a private tour.
Enter the beautiful Medici Chapels to see four gorgeous sculptures by Michelangelo, two on each tomb in the chapel. The figures represent Day, Night, Dawn, and Dusk. The chapel is also decorated with multi-colored pieces of stone, marble, and gems that reflect the almost royal stature of the Medici family. The Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Hard Stones Factory) was created specifically to supply the materials used in the Medici Chapels, and it is still operating today – and used by restoration workshops and museums all over the world.
Continue with your guided tour outside Medici Chapels , in the San Lorenzo neighborhood that is known as the Medici District. It's home to not just the Basilica of San Lorenzo, but also the Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
Enter the beautiful Medici Chapels to see four gorgeous sculptures by Michelangelo, two on each tomb in the chapel. The figures represent Day, Night, Dawn, and Dusk. The chapel is also decorated with multi-colored pieces of stone, marble, and gems that reflect the almost royal stature of the Medici family. The Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Hard Stones Factory) was created specifically to supply the materials used in the Medici Chapels, and it is still operating today – and used by restoration workshops and museums all over the world.
Continue with your guided tour outside Medici Chapels , in the San Lorenzo neighborhood that is known as the Medici District. It's home to not just the Basilica of San Lorenzo, but also the Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
Itinerary
Admire with your Guide one of the most famous sculptural cycles by Michelangelo: Il Crepuscolo, L’Aurora, Il Giorno e la Notte (Twilight, Dawn, Day, Night) inside the Sacrestia Nuova (New Sacristy) designed by the great artist. Discover the inlays of precious polychrome marbles, of hard stones and precious gems that cover the walls of the great Cappella dei Principi (Princes Chapel), for which Opificio delle pietre Dure (The Factory of hard Stones) was created especially for these decorations and is today one of the most prestigious restoration workshops and museums worldwide. Finally discover the Cripta del Buontalenti, under the Chapel, where the Medici and their family members are buried. These bodies have been exhumed recently to obtain more details on their lifestyles, illnesses and real causes of their deaths still shrouded in mystery.
Duration: 2 hours
Admission Ticket Included
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Product code: 2428P120
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