Cappelle Medicee: answered prayers in Florence

Cappelle Medicee: answered prayers in Florence

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Everyday, I get up and go to bed with the Cappelle Medicee. And it is not a metaphor. It’s the first thing I see when I open the windows in the morning and as I close them at night. Indeed, I appreciate this view. God has so many prayers to answer that I have decided just to refer mine to the Medici. The Medici chapel in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence comprises two structures added to Brunelleschi’s original design. Currently, the chapel is one of the State´s museums of Florence as well as the burial place of the Medici family. Its Sagrestia Nuova was designed by Michelangelo. The opulent Cappella dei Principi, dedicated to the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, was raised in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and is completely covered with splendid coloured marbles. But unfortunately, and since I can remember, is still under restoration.
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Cappelle Medicee: plegarias atendidas en Florencia

Me levanto y me acuesto con las Cappelle Medicee. Y no es ninguna metáfora. Es lo primero que veo al abrir las ventanas por la mañana y al cerrarlas por la noche, y se agradece. Dios tiene tantas plegarias que atender que yo hace algún tiempo que he decidido derivar las mías a los Medici. Las capillas de los Medici en la basílica de San Lorenzo de Florencia comprende dos estructuras añadidas al diseño original de Brunelleschi. Actualmente, es un museo estatal de Florencia y lugar de sepultura de la familia Medici. La Sagrestia Nuova fue diseñada por Miguel Ángel. La opulencia de la Cappella dei Principi, dedicada a los Grandes Duques de Toscana y levantada en los siglos XVI y XVII, está totalmente cubierta con un revestimiento de esplendoroso mármol de colores, que desgraciadamente por el momento, y desde que tengo uso de razón florentina, se encuentra en proceso de restauración.
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Paco Neumann

Paco Neumann is a journalist, photographer, proofreader, flâneur and perpetual amateur currently living in between Florence, Berlin, Paris and Tenerife. He´s been a regular contributor to fashion, art, trend and lifestyle magazines and worked for news, advertising and communication agencies

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