The Medici Chapels (Cappelle Medicee) form part of a monumental complex flanking the Basilica of San Lorenzo designed by Brunelleschi for the Medici family in the 1400s. It was built as extensions to the basilica. It became the family church first and mausoleum later when Michelangelo began work on the New Sacristy (Sagrestia Nuova) upon request of Cardinal Giulio de'...
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