Cappelle Medicee (Medici's Chapels)
Address: Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini 6
Location: Florence -[Tuscany- Italy]

Description: The Brancacci Chapel is a chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. It was built around 1386 and preserves Renaissance frescos by Masolino da Panicale, Masaccio and Filippino Lippi. The fresco subject is the salvation of man through episodes of St.Peter's life.

The museum path includes the "Cappella dei Principi" dating back to 1568 and the "Sagrestia Nuova"(1520).  In the "Cappella dei Principi", are splendid polychrome decorations  and about one hundred reliquaries belonging to the Treasure of St. Lorenzo. The Sagrestia Nuova, a work by Michelangelo, Vasari and Ammannati, houses the tombs of Medici's family. Of note are the allegories of the Day, Night, Sunrise and Twilight made by Michelangelo, as well as the Madonna with Child over the Sarcophagus of Lorenzo and Giuliano of Medici's.

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