The complex of the Medici Chapels, now a museum, which can be accessed from the apse of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, includes the sumptuous Mausoleum of the Princes and the Michelangelo’s New Sacristy conceived as a funerary chapel of the Medici family.
The two main parts are extensions of the apse of the basilica and were built by Michelangelo starting from 1519. The grand dukes of Tuscany and their families are buried in the great chapel of the Princes of the following century, completely covered with marble and semi-precious stones. Some rooms of the crypt under the chapel of the Princes are also part of the itinerary, where the bbokshop and the ticket office are located.