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Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata (
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and statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici
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Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
LIBRARY
Accessed via a door to the left of the Basilica di San Lorenzo's facade is the cloister,
from which stairs lead to the loggia and this library commissioned by Giulio de' Medici
(Pope Clement VII) in 1524. The staircase in the vestibule, intended as a 'dark prelude'
to the magnificent
Sala di Lettura
(Reading Room), was designed by Michelangelo.
(Medici Library;
www.bml.firenze.sbn.it
; Piazza San Lorenzo 9; admission €3, incl basilica €7;
9.30am-1.30pm
Mon-Fri)
