San Lorenzo

It's a church from the 15th-century, by Brunelleschi, relatively austere and with a rough façade (the marble facing never arrived) tough extremely harmonious.

Some aspetcs are outstanding, like the two pulpits, with panels by Donatello, and the old sacristy, to the left end, with architecture by Brunelleschi and by Donatello. A mortuory monument, to the left of the entrance of the sacristy, is by Verrocchio.


The Medici Chapels.

This is the name given to the Prince's chapel and the new sacristy, both family pantheons of notable vigour.

Some pieces by Michelangelo outstand inbetween this opulence; two mausoleums, prodigious funerary art examples. One of them is to Julian, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and the other one to the duke of Urbino, Lorenzo, grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent.

In this religious set the library is notable too, to where you get through a monumental stairway, of three sections, designed by Michelangelo and finished by Ammannati. The room occupied by the stairway is a compendium of architecture.

The panelwork in the lecture room and even the desks are designed by Michelangelo. This rooms, to the left of the temple, are open to a solitaire cloister, from the 15th-century, by Brunelleschi.

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