Cappella del Santo Sepolcro (Cappella Rucellai)

Chapel of Holy Sepulchre (Rucellai Chapel)

The Marino Marini museum houses the Little Temple of the Holy Sepulchre, an interesting and unknown architectural work, placed in an outbuilding of the Convent of St. Pancrazio, later dismembered and also including the Museum: the Rucellai Chapel.

The project, commissioned by the powerful Rucellai family is attributed to the great renaissance Architect Leon Battista Alberti (1467).

Made of white marble with black inlays, the little temple is considered a copy of the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem, born from the pilgrims’ memory and devotion in the Holy Land.
The little temple is entirely decorated with 30 completely different marble inlays, inserted in boxes depicting naturalistic themes and other highly symbolic themes.

Photo credits: Comune di Firenze
Points of interest
Churches and places of worship
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Tempietto del Santo Sepolcro di L. B. Alberti

Tempietto del Santo Sepolcro di L. B. Alberti

Piazza di S. Pancrazio, 2, 50123 Firenze FI, Italia

Details
Comune
City:
Firenze 
Address
Address:
Piazza di S. Pancrazio, 2, 50123 Firenze FI, Italia
Opening hours
Opening hours:
13-09-2024 - 08-01-2025
Monday - Sunday from 10:00 to 19:00
The ticket office closes one hour before
Closed: Wednesday
Prezzo
Entrance fee:
Full price - Marino Marino Museum + Rucellai Chapel € 10.00
Full price - Marino Marino Museum + Rucellai Chapel + exhibition from 13-09-2024 to 8-01-2025 € 15.00
For information about reduced tickets, please check on the website
Tipo gestione
Management:
other museums 
Accessibilita
Accessibility:  accessible