Family crypt of the Medici family. The chapel of the princes amazes with the splendor of the decoration. It is lined with marble, precious and semi-precious stones, coral, mother-of-pearl. The construction of the New Sacristy was begun by Michelangelo and completed by Ammannati and Vasari. It is decorated with statues by Michelangelo.
Try to get into the chapels be sure. Queues (huge as usual) try to come in the morning (in my opinion they only work until lunch, check on the website). Not a single photo conveys the real beauty of the statues. It seems that this is not marble, but living skin. Look on the Internet, my friend found it somewhere, not just a description, but with a decoding of all the characters encrypted by Michelangelo. Do not confuse the entrance to the Basilica of San Lorenzo on one side, and the chapels on the other, although it all looks like one building.
Try to get into the chapels be sure. Queues (huge as usual) try to come in the morning (in my opinion they only work until lunch, check on the website). Not a single photo conveys the real beauty of the statues. It seems that this is not marble, but living skin. Look on the Internet, my friend found it somewhere, not just a description, but with a decoding of all the characters encrypted by Michelangelo. Do not confuse the entrance to the Basilica of San Lorenzo on one side, and the chapels on the other, although it all looks like one building.
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