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Is Palazzo Medici Riccardi worth it for photographers?

Worth itFor photos

For beauty & photography, Palazzo Medici Riccardi delivers.

Come for one room and it delivers completely: the Magi Chapel is a tiny windowless jewel-box where Benozzo Gozzoli covered every wall, floor to ceiling, with a single dense procession of the Three Kings — a glittering parade of brocaded riders, hunting leopards, and portraits of the Medici themselves threaded into the crowd, all gold leaf and storybook colour packed into a space the size of a large closet. It's the opposite of a vast cool gallery: total, immersive, almost claustrophobic richness, and entry is timed to a handful of people so you get it nearly alone. Beyond the chapel and a Baroque ceiling-gallery there isn't much — but that one room is the whole point and it's worth the stop.

Price
€10
Time
45–75 minutes
Last verified
2026-06-17
Is Palazzo Medici Riccardi worth it…
How we verified
  • Benozzo Gozzoli's Procession of the Magi covers the walls of the private chapel; entry is timed/limited · model-knowledge
  • Built by Michelozzo for Cosimo de' Medici, the prototype of the Renaissance palazzo · model-knowledge
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