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Michelangelo House Description

(Local Name: Casa Buonarroti) Michelangelo bought the house for his nephew Leonardo di Buonarroti but never lived in it himself. Leonardo's son, Michelangelo, decorated it and turned it into a memorial to the great artist. After a long period of dilapidation it was completely restored in 1964.

The wooden crucifix (1494) from Santo Spirito, supposedly Michelangelo's earliest work for a church, is also interesting. Christ is depicted not as a man of sorrows but as a gentle handsome youth.

Other items on display are models or copies of the works of Michelangelo or mementos of the artist's life. There are also sculptures and paintings by other masters.

Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections; Manor or country house

Michelangelo House Highlights

Sculpture

Two original sculptures by Michelangelo merit special attention: "Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths", a marble relief which, although Michelangelo was only 17 when he created it, presages in the

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Address

Casa Buonarroti (Michelangelo Museum)
Via Ghibellina 70
I-50100 Florence
Italy

http://www.casabuonarroti.it

Hours



Open	9:30	9:30	9:30	Closed	9:30	9:30	9:30
Closed	14:00	14:00	14:00		14:00	14:00	14:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Easter - Christian May Day / Labor Day (May 1) Assumption Day - Christian (August 15) Christmas - Christian (December 25)