Yes for Ghiberti Pass. Brunelleschi and Giotto: within 72 hours, no clock.

Mon–Sat 10:15–16:00; Sunday and feast days 13:30–16:00.

No — from inside the cathedral with a pass.

To see that the Duomo sits on an older city, and for 20 minutes without a queue.

Santa Reparata Florence: crypt under the Duomo

Santa Reparata: the church under the Duomo

Before Santa Maria del Fiore there was Santa Reparata. Excavations, palaeo-Christian mosaics, Brunelleschi’s slab. No standalone ticket: it rides on all three passes. It is the part of the complex where people lower their voices.

Quick summary
Price	Included in the passes
Hours	10:15–16:00 weekdays
Booking	Slot on Ghiberti
Time	20–30 min

In 1296 Florence decides to replace the old cathedral. Santa Reparata stays underneath, rediscovered in twentieth-century digs. Mosaics and wall stumps are the opposite of De Fabris’s façade: fragment, not shop window.

Ticket comparison

Do not buy anything “for Santa Reparata”. Choose the pass for the other monuments; the crypt is structural bundling.

Timing is everything

Right after the nave, before the 16:00 close. Sunday only from 13:30.

The insider entry

Internal stairs after cathedral security. Follow “Santa Reparata” signs; do not walk back into the square hunting a fourth door.

How to save

If you already paid for a pass, do not skip it: it is the least crowded thing already on your QR code.

How to get there

Same square, one floor down.

Official hours and pass prices: Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, tickets.duomo.firenze.it. Partner (Tiqets) prices as of August 2026; they change.