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Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Piazza San Lorenzo
Florence
Tuscany
055-216634
Type: Sightseeing
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Start your tour outside the unfinished façade of San Lorenzo, easily missed by the lively market stalls that cover the square before it. At one time the city’s cathedral, this is one of the oldest sanctuaries in town and best reflects the pretensions of Cosimo I, who employed the biggest artists of the Renaissance to modify and restructure it in the 15th century. Brunelleschi can be thanked for its elegant geometric architecture. His superb cubic Sagrestia Vecchia (Old Sacristy), decorated by Donatello, flanks the left side and is considered one of his best works. Michelangelo is responsible for the Cappelle Medicee (Medici Chapel), made of marble and studded with semi-precious stones. This Medici family mausoleum adjoins the church
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