Just four at a time, visitors soon will be allowed access to a long-hidden space inside Florence’s Medici Chapel where delicate charcoal drawings sketched on the walls have been attributed by ...

A secret passageway built 500 years ago to allow the Medici family to pass through the Italian city of Florence unhindered reopens to the public Saturday after an 10-million-euro restoration.

The BBC gets access to a secret room under the Medici Chapel in Florence, where Michelangelo took refuge during political upheaval. The small chamber, covered in his sketches, has opened to the ...

However, the Medici Chapel is not included and requires a separate booking and entry fee. Visit the official website for more information. Tuscany Day Trip from Florence: Siena, San Gimignano ...

Florence, Italy ... Significance: The Medici family was given permission by Pope Martin V to build a private chapel on the first floor of their residence. In 1459, Gozzoli was commissioned ...

The frescoes in the Sistine Chapel were arguably the ... beneath the tombs he had built for the Medici cousins, as Pope Clement VII laid siege to Florence. Michelangelo reflected on the horror ...