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Landmark · San Lorenzo · Florence
Basilica di San Lorenzo
Grey pietra serena on white, perfect proportions
When it fits
Best in the afternoon · about 45 min
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Where it is
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Straight-line distances: Medici Chapels 54 m · Trattoria Mario 183 m · Mercato Centrale (San Lorenzo market) 194 m. Not travel times.
Why Aura
The Medici parish church behind its bare, never-finished brick front: Brunelleschi's interior and his Old Sacristy, the cloister and the crypt. The New Sacristy (Michelangelo) is the separate Medici Chapels ticket round the back.
QuietFine in the rain
Today10:00–17:30Two sources disagree
All hours
Mo-Sa 10:00-17:30; Su off; Jan 01,Jan 06,Aug 10 off (last entry 16:30; closed to visits on Sundays (Masses) and on other days for celebrations) · OpenStreetMap says “Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00”Price range€9 per ticket
Visit lengthAbout 45 min
WeatherIndoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortEasy
Sources and dates (6)
- When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
- Today: per sanlorenzofirenze.it, read 30 Sept 2026
- Price range: per sanlorenzofirenze.it, read 30 Sept 2026
- Visit length: Aura estimate
- Effort: Aura estimate
- Tags are Aura editorial judgement.
Why, feel, tags and tips are Aura editorial. Hours and positions come from OpenStreetMap; prices only when read from a named source on a date. Ratings and reviews are not shown: no provider is connected in this build, and under EEA terms Google ratings may appear only inside Google’s own place card.
- sanlorenzofirenze.it — visiting info (Mon–Sat 10:00–17:30; €9; no booking needed) · official · read 30 Sept 2026
- OSM way/599900778 · osm · read 30 Sept 2026
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