Medici Chapel

The Medici Chapels are two chapels built between the 16th and 17th centuries as an extension to the , in the Italian city of .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: structures at the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
  • Also known as: “Medici Chapels”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Laurentian Library and Basilica of San Lorenzo.

Library
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The is a historic library in , Italy, containing more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books. Built in a cloister of the Medicean Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze under the patronage of the Medici pope Clement VII, the library was built to emphasize that the Medici were no longer just merchants but members of intelligent and ecclesiastical society.

Church
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The Basilica di San Lorenzo is one of the largest churches of , Italy, situated at the centre of the main market district of the city, and it is the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III.

Church
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Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in . Commenced in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed by 1436 with a dome… is situated 330 metres southeast of Medici Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Statuto and Isolotto.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3 km west of Medici Chapel.

Suburb
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is a city quarter in the northwestern part of , Italy. It was part of the former comune of Pellegrino until 1865, when it became a part of the comune of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Medici Chapel.

Medici Chapel

Latitude
43.77502° or 43° 46′ 30″ north
Longitude
11.25337° or 11° 15′ 12″ east
Open location code
8FMHQ7G3+28
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1357573
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Medici Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մեդիչիների ժամատուն”
  • Belarusian: “капэла Медычы”
  • Catalan: “Capella funerària dels Mèdici”
  • Chinese: “美第奇家族礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “美第奇小圣堂”
  • Czech: “cappelle medicee”
  • Czech: “kaple medicejských”
  • Czech: “Medicejské kaple”
  • Danish: “Medicikapellet”
  • Dutch: “Cappelle Medicee”
  • French: “chapelles des Médicis”
  • French: “Chapelles des Médicis”
  • Galician: “Capela dos Medici”
  • German: “Cappelle Medicee”
  • German: “Medici-Kapelle”
  • Greek: “Παρεκκλήσιο των Μεδίκων”
  • Hebrew: “קפלת מדיצ’י”
  • Hungarian: “Medici-kápolna”
  • Italian: “cappelle medicee”
  • Italian: “Cappelle medicee”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale del Bargello - Museo delle Cappelle Medicee”
  • Japanese: “メディチ家礼拝堂”
  • Korean: “메디치 예배당”
  • Lithuanian: “Medičių koplyčios”
  • Maltese: “kappelli tal-familja Medici”
  • Marathi: “कपेल्ले मेदिची”
  • Marathi: “कॅपेल्ले दि मेदिची”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Medici-kapellet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Medicikapellet”
  • Norwegian: “Medici-kapellene”
  • Polish: “Kaplica Medyceuszów”
  • Portuguese: “Capela dos Médici”
  • Russian: “Капелла Медичи”
  • Slovenian: “kapela Medičejcev”
  • Slovenian: “Kapela Medičejcev”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de los Medici”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de los Médici”
  • Spanish: “Capillas de los Médici”
  • Swedish: “Medicikapellet”
  • Turkish: “Medici Şapeli”
  • Ukrainian: “Капела Медичі”
  • Ukrainian: “Капела Медічі”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà nguyện Medici”
  • Welsh: “Capeli’r Medici”
  • Western Armenian: “Մետիչիներուն ժամատունը”

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