• Kate PritchettItaly 2024Traveler
    One of at least two courtyards inside the palace grounds.
    They had an exhibit of various portrayals of Orpheus.Very elaborate frescoes inside the chapel. Man on horseback surely a Medici?Also from the chapelRare view of a sculpture's fashionable feetMeeting hall/concert room ceilingMore grotesques on the ceiling!This ceiling fresco is jaw-dropping.Fresco detailDinner was two antipasti: sheep's cheese plate and a savory pumpkin flan

    Riccardi Medici Palace

    July 20, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F

    After the trip to Pratolino, which included an unplanned trip on a tram car, we went to one of the Medici palaces here in Florence, now a museum.