The family that bankrolled the Renaissance — chapels, markets, and palaces.

Stops on This Tour (8)

1. 1
   San Lorenzo Market (outdoor) Leather stalls surrounding the Medici family church
2. 2
   Basilica di San Lorenzo Brunelleschi's church — the Medici buried here since Cosimo the Elder
3. 3
   Medici Chapels Michelangelo's New Sacristy — Dawn, Dusk, Night, and Day guard the tombs
4. 4
   Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Michelangelo's library staircase — sculptural architecture at its finest
5. 5
   Mercato Centrale Two-storey food temple — downstairs butchers, upstairs artisan cooking
6. 6
   Palazzo Medici Riccardi The first Medici palace — Benozzo Gozzoli's Chapel of the Magi
7. 7
   Piazza San Marco Convent where Fra Angelico painted frescoes in every monk's cell
8. 8
   Accademia Gallery (exterior) Home of the original David — 5.17 metres of Carrara marble perfection

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