Nearly 500 years ago, Duke Alessandro de Medici was lured with the promise ... The ruler of Florence's body was placed in his father's tomb. Now? He's leaking. Italian art historians and restorers ...

In 1520, Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici—soon to be Pope Clement VII—commissioned Michelangelo to construct an ornate tomb for his family. In addition to creating a marble interior whose ...

A tourist admires the tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo ... In 1513, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici became Leo X — the first Medici pope. He had big plans for a new sacristy for the interment of ...

The tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, 1524–34, by Michelangelo Buonarroti, at the New Sacristy, Medici Chapels, Basilica of Saint Lawrence, in Florence, Italy, 2017. Courtesy of Getty ...

All the exhumations are taking place in Florence's Medici chapel, which simply bellows the family's importance. The tombs of Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici are graced by tributes by Michelangelo.

Lorenzo de’ Medici’s exact cause of death ... Italy to dig up his tomb, test his DNA, and comb through archives, we’ve got to rely on the one website on the internet that offers any ...

many of them reminiscent of Michelangelo’s great works—including a marble sculpture of a human figure adorning the tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici in the New Sacristy above, which Michelangelo ...

Tomb of Giuliano de'Medici in the New Sacristy (Medici Chapel), San Lorenzo, Florence (photo via Richard Mortel's Flickrstream) Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in.

The tomb of a four-year-old heir of the Medicis ... The team is working in the Medici Chapels at Michelangelo's church of San Lorenzo in Florence where they aim to exhume 49 bodies of the Medici ...

Historical documents suggest that Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici suffered from syphilis ... may not have killed her. In 1966, the tombs of the Medici family were swamped in mud during severe ...

(ANSA) - Florence, November 19 - Researchers pried open the tomb of Giovanni de' Medici and his wife on Monday in their quest to better understand the life and death of the 16th-century warrior.