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Palazzo Medici Riccardi

The Palazzo Medici Riccardi is a 15th‑century Renaissance palace in Florence, designed by Michelozzo for the Medici family and later owned by the Riccardi. The building is a three‑storey urban palazzo with a rusticated ground floor, ashlar upper stories, a central colonnaded courtyard and the frescoed Magi Chapel by Benozzo Gozzoli.

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First raised

1500

Its prime

1459

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1459

What Palazzo Medici Riccardi looked like in its prime.

A compact three‑storey rectangular palazzo of warm brown‑grey pietra forte: heavily rusticated blocks on the ground floor, progressively smoother ashlar above, horizontal stringcourses separating the stories and a broad projecting stone cornice capping the roofline. The street level originally has an open corner loggia and arched shop fronts; a low‑pitched tiled roof sits behind the cornice. At the centre is an open colonnaded courtyard with round arches and slender columns, paved in stone and open to the sky; surfaces appear newly cut and intact.

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9 places to explore in 1459.

The record describes 9 distinct spots at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, including 6 interiors: central colonnaded courtyard (cortile), courtyard with donatello's david, grand staircase to the piano nobile and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Street approach / main façadeCorner loggia and street shopfrontsCentral colonnaded courtyard (cortile)Courtyard with Donatello's DavidGrand staircase to the piano nobilePiano nobile — main salaMagi Chapel (Benozzo Gozzoli frescoes)Enclosed palace gardenPiano nobile — scriptoio (study)

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