As you leave the Medici Chapels, turn around the corner and you’ll find Basilica San Lorenzo, once the duomo of Florence (before the basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore was constructed). Inside you can admire bronze pulpits by Donatello, visit the Sagrestia Vecchia (built by no other but the genius Brunelleschi - and Michelangelo’s Sagrestia Nuova was actually modelled on this one), and don’t miss out on going downstairs to visit the crypt. There, inside an impressive tomb in the very centre of the crypt, lies Cosimo il Vecchio, who was the first to propel the Medici dynasty to its grandeur. Opposite Cosimo’s tomb, you can find a tombstone on the floor, which marks the grave of Donatello - just imagine how much he was admired and respected to get an honour of being buried across Medici’s head of the house!