A former coal cellar where the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo is thought to have hidden to escape from a furious pope will open to the public on Nov. 15, a museum in Florence said on Tuesday.
Michelangelo's "secret room" is located inside the Museum of the Medici Chapels and contains charcoal sketches of human figures which have been attributed to the artist, who is said to have taken refuge there in 1530.
Paolo Dal Poggetto, then-director of the Museum of the Medici Chapels, attributed many of the drawings found on the walls to Michelangelo, although others have since disputed this. Small guided groups of four people will be able to visit the room from Nov. 15 for a maximum of 15 minutes. Tickets will cost 20 euros per person, on top of the 10 euros charged for entry to the main museum.
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