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Basilica di San Lorenzo
Founded in the 4th-century, San Lorenzo is considered
Florence's oldest church. The current incarnation dates to
1425, when Cosimo the Elder hired Brunelleschi to spruce
up the parish church to create a more suitable resting place
for the Medici clan. The result: a gruff facade of rough-cut
stones that belies an extraordinary, light-flooded interior.
The harmonious internal arrangement of classical Cor-
inthian columns of
pietra serena
(soft grey stone) was unlike anything seen before in
Christendom.
OFFLINE MAP
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C4
Piazza San Lorenzo
admission €4.50, with Biblioteca
Medicea Laurenziana €7
10am-5.30pm Mon-Sat, plus
1.30-5pm Sun Mar-Oct
