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Cappella dei Principi
- When to go
- Check opening hours before you go
Getting there
- Getting there
- PANZANI UNITÀ · bus 11, 14, 18, 6, C2, C4 · 250 mPUCCI DUOMO · bus 14, 18, 23, C1 · 320 mFIRENZE Stazione SMN · bus 900, 901, 911, 930 · 350 m
About
The Cappella dei Principi ('Chapel of the Princes') is the mausoleum of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and their families and is part of the museum complex of the Medici Chapels, adjacent to the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence. The chapel was based on the idea that the Grand Duke Cosimo II de' Medici wanted to create a monument for a family tomb. Work began on the tomb under Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici, who appointed the architect and sculptor Matteo Nigetti in 1604, based on a design by Don Giovanni de' Medici, brother of the Grand Duke himself. Nigetti completed the mausoleum in 1640. He was assisted by the architects Alessandro Pieroni and Don Giovanni de' Medici.
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