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Cappelle Medicee

Cappelle Medicee is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Poggio Casaccia stands 921 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Basilica di San Lorenzo, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

The Medici Chapels (Italian: Cappelle medicee) are two chapels built between the 16th and 17th centuries as an extension to the Basilica of San Lorenzo, in the Italian city of Florence. They are the Sagrestia Nuova ('New Sacristy'), designed by Michelangelo, and the larger Cappella dei Principi ('Chapel of the Princes'), a collaboration between the Medici family and architects. The purpose of the chapels was to celebrate the Medici family, patrons of the church and Grand Dukes of Tuscany. These are not to be confused with the Magi Chapel in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, then the main Medici home, that houses a famous cycle of frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli, painted around 1459.

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Dates from 1869.

Wikidata Q1357573, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.77502, 11.25337

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Springs
  • Piazzale Michelangelo: 1.1 mi
  • Fonte Pecchioli: 4.4 mi
  • Fonte Mezzina: 4.7 mi
  • Fonte Giallina: 4.9 mi
  • Fonte di Cascina: 5.6 mi
Peaks
  • Monte Cuccioli: 2.7 mi
  • Montepiano: 2.7 mi
  • Monterivecchi: 2.8 mi
  • Colle San Francesco: 2.9 mi
  • Monte Rinaldi: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 8
  • Tonfo del Diavolo: 7.6 mi
  • Pescaia Calvelli: 13.8 mi
  • Cascata di Meriggioni: 16.5 mi
  • Pisciolo di Macereto: 16.8 mi
  • Pisciolo di Sant'Antonio: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Cappelle Medicee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poggio CasacciaN 353°921 m6.9 mi
Poggio CornacchiacciaN 353°892 m7.3 mi
Poggio CapannelleN 356°839 m7.1 mi
Poggio TriniN 357°764 m6.6 mi
Poggio al GiroN 359°747 m5.3 mi
Monte RotondoN 355°705 m6.1 mi
Poggio PratoneNE 48°702 m6.0 mi
Poggio BallettoN 357°690 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:4918:27
June solstice05:3420:1721:01
September equinox07:0318:3719:15
December solstice07:4615:5416:41

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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