Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Why go

The palace shows how Cosimo de’ Medici turned a family residence into a public statement without building a fortress. Michelozzo’s masonry grows lighter floor by floor, while the intimate chapel replaces restraint with color, portraits and a ceremonial journey through Tuscany.

What to look for

• Follow the façade from rough ground-floor rustication to finer stonework above.
• Look for Michelangelo’s ground-floor kneeling windows inserted into former openings.
• In the Magi Chapel, study Gozzoli’s 1459 procession for faces, costume and Tuscan detail.

Useful to know

• Make the Magi Chapel your priority; it is the palace’s most intact 15th-century interior.
• Walk the exterior before entry so the graded masonry and later window alterations are easier to recognize.

Your next visit

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