Nora is an ancient Roman and pre-Roman city, placed on a peninsula near Pula, near Cagliari in Sardinia. On the site you can see: The Temple of Asclepius – Eshmun. The Roman Theatre of Nora. The Punic district of Nora.
The building (1444-1452 / 1460 ) is a work of Michelozzo commissioned by the patriarch of the fortune of the Medici, Cosimo the Elder. First Cosimo il Vecchio requested a project by Brunelleschi, but he understood that too magnificence would definitely aroused the envy of fellow citizens.
The Cave of the three doors has three large openings which are showing immense cavity . On the north wall of the interior of the cave there is a tunnel that ends after about 30 meters in a large room with stalactites and stalagmites.
The Medici Chapels are private chapels of the Medici family located in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, accessible by its apsidal rear Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini. The Cappelle Medicee are three in number : – New Sacristy (Sacrist ) dating from 1521 – Chapel of the Princes (Cappella dei Principi), first floor (commissioned […]