Discover the history of Florence through the Renaissance, the Medici family, historic churches, palaces, famous landmarks, art, architecture, and the people who shaped one of Italy’s most influential cities.
Cimitero delle Porte Sante is Florence’s great monumental cemetery above the city. Discover its remarkable funerary art and the graves of writers, artists and other famous Florentines. […]
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The Pucci family belonged to Florence’s influential Renaissance elite. Their story combines Medici alliances, political power, remarkable artistic patronage and a conspiracy that eventually divided the two families. […]
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The Salviati family moved from commerce and Florentine politics into the heart of the Medici dynasty. Their story links the Pazzi Conspiracy, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Maria Salviati, Cosimo I and one of Florence’s great historic villas. […]
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The Acciaiuoli family rose from Florentine commerce and banking to become a remarkable Mediterranean dynasty. Their story connects medieval Florence with Naples, Greece, the Duchy of Athens and the magnificent Certosa del Galluzzo. […]
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The Bardi family became one of medieval Florence’s most powerful dynasties. Their international merchant-banking empire, political influence and artistic patronage reveal a Florence that was already transforming Europe long before the rise of the Medici. […]
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The Peruzzi family became one of medieval Florence’s most powerful banking dynasties. Their international business network, political influence and dramatic financial collapse reveal how commerce transformed the city long before the Medici. […]
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