For Italian lighting studio Morghen, the Chapel of the Relics in Florence’s Pitti Palace captured the imagination. Built by Cosimo I de’ Medici in the 16th century, it housed the Medici ...

Florence, Italy — In 1975, Paolo Dal Poggetto, then director of the Medici Chapels museum in Florence, stumbled upon a Renaissance treasure.

Florence: Just four at a time, visitors soon will be allowed access to a space hidden inside Florence’s Medici Chapel for more than 400 years, where it is believed Michelangelo sketched delicate ...

On 15 November, art lovers will be allowed access to a long-hidden space inside Florence's Medici Chapel where some experts have attributed delicate charcoal drawings sketched on the walls to ...

The government had briefly taken the place of the Medici family, of which the pope was a member. The room was discovered in 1975 during work to create a new exit for the Medici Chapels, home of ...

According to legend, Michelangelo once hid in an underground corridor in 1530 to avoid persecution from Pope Clement VII, who was laying siege on Florence. Located under the Medici Chapels, the ...

The Medici Chapels seen from the Cupola del Duomo at the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, on Oct. 23. Since its discovery nearly 50 years ago, a room beneath the Medici ...

This picture taken on June 10, 2013 shows drawings by renaissance master Michelangelo in the secret room under the new sacristy of the Medici chapel in the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence.

Delicate charcoal drawings that some experts have attributed to Michelangelo are seen on the walls of a room used to store coal until 1955 inside Florence's Medici Chapel, in central Italy. Photo: AP ...

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 ...