Rucellai Sepulchre

Rucellai Sepulchre
Tempietto del Santo Sepolcro
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Alternative names
  • Sacellum of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Tempietto del Santo Sepolcro
  • Sacello del Santo Sepolcro
  • Tempietto Rucellai
General information
Typefunerary chapel
Architectural styleRenaissance
LocationRucellai Chapel, San Pancrazio, Florence, Italy
Coordinates43°46′19″N 11°15′00″E / 43.77196°N 11.24990°E / 43.77196; 11.24990
Construction startedabout 1458
Completed1467
Design and construction
ArchitectLeon Battista Alberti
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The Rucellai Sepulchre is a small funerary chapel built inside the Rucellai Chapel of the church of San Pancrazio, Florence. It was commissioned by Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai and built to designs by Leon Battista Alberti in imitation or emulation of the Holy Sepulchre in the Anastasis in Jerusalem. It contains the tombs of Giovanni Rucellai and members of his family.