MEDICI CHAPELS – ( CAPPELLE MEDICEE )

தி மருத்துவ தேவாலயங்கள் are one of five museums that comprise the Bargello Museums and are majestically situated behind the Basilica of San Lorenzo. While the Chapels are part of the San Lorenzo complex, bureaucratically they are a separate site from the Bargello Museum, Palazzo Davanzati, Casa Martelli, மற்றும் Orsanmichele.

San Lorenzo is historically the parish church of the Medici, which is why Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Lorraine chose to move the family members’ remains here in 1791. In spite of their differences, the two remain inextricably linked as symbols of the Medici family and the power they once held in புளோரன்ஸ்:

The crypt and Treasury

A visit to the மருத்துவ தேவாலயங்கள் begins in the crypt, one of four sections within the அருங்காட்சியகம். தி tombs of the Medici grand dukes and their families are here, including those of Cosimo I மற்றும் Eleanor of Toledo, Giancarlo de’ Medici மற்றும் Vittoria della Rovere, and the last heir, Anna Maria Luisa, whom புளோரன்ஸ் owes the protection of her treasures.

The Chapel of the Princes

தி octagonal space is fit for a king, or in this case, a grand duke, with its jaw-dropping splendor. Designed by Cosimo I to be a monumental family tomb, the mausoleum is entirely covered by polychrome marble மற்றும் semiprecious stones. The chapel was designed by ஜார்ஜியோ வசாரி, court painter and long-time friend of Cosimo I, but construction didn’t begin until much later, in 1602, when Matteo Nigetti was chosen to oversee the project.

The New Sacristy

Before Michelangelo’s definitive departure to Rome உள்ளே 1534, this part contains a set of works he created during the decade before he left. This space, aptly named the New Sacristy, is located adjacent to the Old Sacristy, where four members of the Medici family are buried. Originally accessible through a small door in the church’s right nave, it is now only accessible to museum visitors. It was Pope Leo X who commissioned the sacristy to be completed when the Duke of Nemours died in 1516 மற்றும் தி Duke of Urbino died in 1519. மைக்கேலேஞ்சலோ was tasked with the job while he worked on the façade of the church, which remains unfinished to this day.