Medici Chapel

E87009

chapel funerary chapel tourist attraction

The Medici Chapel is a richly decorated funerary chapel in Florence, Italy, renowned for Michelangelo’s sculptural and architectural masterpieces created for the powerful Medici family.

Aliases (5)

Medici family tombs ×1
New Sacristy ×1
New Sacristy by Michelangelo ×1
Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours ×1
Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chapel → funerary chapel → tourist attraction →
affiliation	Roman Catholic Church →
architect	Michelangelo →
architecturalStyle	Renaissance architecture →
burialPlaceOf	Cosimo I de' Medici NERFINISHED → Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours NERFINISHED → Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino NERFINISHED → other members of the Medici family →
category	Churches in Florence → Mausoleums in Italy → Renaissance architecture in Florence →
city	Florence →
commissionedBy	Cardinal Giulio de' Medici → Pope Leo X NERFINISHED →
constructionStart	early 16th century →
contains	Chapel of the Princes → New Sacristy →
country	Italy →
dedicatedTo	Medici family →
designer	Michelangelo →
floorCount	1 →
function	dynastic mausoleum → place of worship →
hasSculpture	Dawn by Michelangelo → Day by Michelangelo → Dusk by Michelangelo → Madonna and Child by Michelangelo → Night by Michelangelo → Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours → Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino →
heritageDesignation	part of Historic Centre of Florence →
locatedIn	Florence → Italy → Tuscany →
materialUsed	marble → polychrome stone inlay →
notableFor	Medici family tombs → Michelangelo’s sculptural masterpieces → rich interior decoration →
notableWork	Chapel of the Princes → New Sacristy by Michelangelo →
openToPublic	true →
partOf	Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence →
patron	Medici family →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Historic Centre of Florence →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Medici Chapel ("Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino") → Medici Chapel ("Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours") →	hasSculpture
Medici Chapel ("New Sacristy by Michelangelo") → Michelangelo →	notableWork
Medici Chapel ("New Sacristy") →	contains
Medici Chapel ("Medici family tombs") →	notableFor