Studiolo di Cosimo I, Private room in Palazzo Vecchio, Italy
The Studiolo contains wooden cabinets with painted doors covering the walls and frescoes adorning the vault ceiling of this square chamber.
Built around 1545 near Cosimo's bedroom, Giorgio Vasari decorated the ceiling in 1559 with the Four Evangelists and depictions of Arts and Muses.
The room stored personal documents, rare objects, medicinal plants, and scientific items, reflecting Renaissance interests in natural sciences and collecting.
Access to the Studiolo requires climbing narrow stairs and visitors need to join small guided groups to enter this restricted space.
This private chamber served as a laboratory where Cosimo created medical remedies, which he sent as gifts to European rulers.
Location: Florence
Inception: 1540s
Part of: Palazzo Vecchio
Address: Piazza della Signoria, 50122 Firenze
GPS coordinates: 43.76910,11.25660
Latest update: March 3, 2025 09:45
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