The family which has reigned over Florence for more than three centuries deserves to be better known. The Medici tour is dedicated to the first branch of the family: the bankers and patrons of top important artists such as for example Michelangelo, Botticelli and Leonardo. The visit starts inside Palazzo Medici, a Renaissance palace designed by Michelozzo and famous for the breathtaking Chapel of the Magi and continues with the San Lorenzo complex which comprises of the church itself, and its adjacent cloisters which give access to the famed Laurentian library whose staircase and reading room were designed by Michelangelo and to the crypt, home to the church’s many treasures and the tombs of two men who changed the course of history: Cosimo the Elder, the first member of the Medici dynasty, and Donatello, the illustrious sculptor. After we will visit the Medici chapel, a family mausoleum, world famous for the New Sacristy built by Michelangelo, where you will have the opportunity to admire the statues of the Dukes Lorenzo and Giuliano, the allegories of Dawn and Dusk, Night and Day and the group of Madonna and Child, sculpted by Michelangelo for the Medici.
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