Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1
Museo di San Marco
MUSEUM
Comprising the
Chiesa di San Marco
and adjoining 15th-century Dominican
monastery
,
this is Florence's most spiritually uplifting museum. It showcases the work of Fra' An-
gelico (c 1395-1455), a Tuscan friar and painter who decorated the cells with deeply de-
votional frescoes to guide the meditation of his fellow friars. His most famous work,
An-
nunciation
(c 1440), is found at the top of the stairs.
(
www.polomuseale.firenze.it
; Piazza San Marco 1;
adult/reduced €4/2;
8.15am-1.20pm Mon-Fri, to 4.20pm Sat & Sun, closed 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun & 2nd & 4th Mon of
month)
2
Cappelle Medicee
MAUSOLEUM
The highlight of these sumptuous chapels, the final resting place of 49 Medicis, is the
Sagrestia Nuova
(New Sacristy) designed by Michelangelo. It showcases three of his
most haunting sculptures:
Dawn and Dusk
on the sarcophagus of Lorenzo, Duke of
Urbino;
Night and Day
on the sarcophagus of Lorenzo's son Giuliano; and
Madonna and
Child
on Lorenzo's tomb.
(Medici Chapels;
055 29 48 83;
www.polomuseale.firenze.it
; Piazza Madonna
degli Aldobrandini; adult/reduced €6/3;
8.15am-1.20pm, closed 2nd & 4th Sun & 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon of month)
