Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
VISITORS' CHECKLIST
Piazza di San Lorenzo (Basilica and
Biblioteca), Piazza di Madonna
degli Aldobrandini (Cappelle
Medicee)
.
Map
1 C5 (6 D1)
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Medici Tombs
Michelangelo's
monumental funerary
figures, symbolizing
Night, Day, Dawn and
Dusk, are among his
greatest works.
many routes.
Basilica
Tel
055 21
66 34.
@
10am-5:30pm Mon-
Sat (Mar-Oct also 1:30-5:30pm
Sun).
#
8am, 9:30am, 6pm
Mon-Sat, 9:30am, 11am, 6pm
Sun & religious hols.
5
Six Grand Dukes
are buried in
the Cappella
dei Principi.
& ^
Bib-
lioteca
Tel
055 21 07 60.
Apr-Jun & during exhibitions (call
for opening times).
#
¢
public
hols.
Cappelle Medicee
Tel
055 238 86 02 (055 29 48
83 to book).
& ^
8:15am-2pm
daily; (to 1:50pm Sun & holidays).
¢
#
1st, 3rd & 5th Mon, 2nd &
4th Sun of the month.
The campanile
was built in 1740.
& 6
Donatello's Pulpits
Donatello was 74 when he began work on
the bronze pulpits in the nave in 1460; they
depict Christ's Passion and Resurrection.
A simple stone
slab marks the
unostentatious grave
of Cosimo il Vecchio
(1389-1464), founder
of the Medici dynasty.
St Joseph and Christ
in the Workshop
Pietro Annigoni
(1910-88) is one of
the few modern artists
whose work is seen
in Florence.
STAR FEATURES
. Michelangelo's
Staircase
Michelangelo
submitted
several designs
for the façade
of San Lorenzo,
but it remains
unfinished.
.
Cappella dei Principi
. Medici Tombs by
Michelangelo
Entrance to church
