Museum of San Marco

Museum of San Marco is an APP created to accompany museum visitors, but it can also be easily consulted outside the museum to read the material, see the images and videos.

The museum occupies the monumental part of the Dominican convent of San Marco, an architectural masterpiece by Michelozzo commissioned by Cosimo de 'Medici and built between 1437 and 1443. It houses the largest collection in the world of works by Beato Angelico, one of the greatest painters of the early Renaissance, who lived in the convent between 1438 and 1445.

The APP is mainly dedicated to the works of Beato Angelico. With the ROUTE function, it is possible to use the map to search for the frescoes and tables of the Angelico; the visit starts from the Cloister and from the new Angelico Room , on the ground floor, and continues upstairs with the frescoes of the cells and Michelozzo's Library.

Using the CONSULTATION function, the works of art of the museum are available directly through some of the sections: The Cells, The Library, The Cloister, Angelico Room, Savonarola.

The APP allows you to have information, video images on some architectural finds and recovered during the nineteenth-century demolitions of the city center. By choosing The OLD CENTER OF FLORENCE section from the homepage, you can access the items Museum, Ancient Center, Yesterday and Today, Guest House. A special section is dedicated to the Tabernacle of the Linaioli painted by Beato angelico for the seat of art.

The San Marco Museum APP is always up-to-date, at its start it “loads” new contents in Italian, English and French.