The part of church San Lorenzo called The Medici Chapels preserves the mortal remains of Medici family members is also the place, when you can admire one of the best of Michelangelo’s sculptures prepared for tombstones of two Medici princes: Lorenzo and Giuliano.The Miechelangelo masterpieces and so the tombstones are located in La Sagrestia Nuova ( the New Sacristy). Six other princes rest in Cappella dei Principi, while the grave of the founder of Medici family Cosimo il Vecchio is located in the separate crypt on the right side of the church.
The palace on Piazza della Signoria has been build at the turning of 13th century for Priors of the Arts and Gonfaloniere di Giustizia the representatives of Signoria of Florence.
At the beginning the building was called the Palazzo della Signoria, or Palazzo del Popolo, when Cosimo I decided to move with his court to [...]
Palazzo del Bargello which host the National Museum collection is one of the oldest municipal buildings in Florence.
It has been build in 1255 as the residence of Capitanato del Popolo,
The present name has the origins from 16th century, when the palace became the home for Capitano del Giusticia nicknamed Bargello.
For a long time the building [...]
In 1784 Pietro Leopoldo established l’Accademia di Belle Arti ( Fine Arts Academy ) in the former properties of the convent of San Niccolò di Cafaggio and hospital of San Matteo ( St.Mathias ).
The part of the hospital building called Loggia di San Matteo has been occupied by the Academy’s Gallery, the collection of [...]
