Secret passage that Florence's Medici used to move safely reopens to public after 8-year renovation
ROME — For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords. Now, the raised passageway that connects the city's Uffizi Galleries to the former residence of ...
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The Medici weren't the only famous family of the Italian Renaisssance.
By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici. They had been the patrons of genius and cultural icons, but the family was more interested in waging war ...
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The Medici weren't the only famous family of the Italian Renaisssance.
By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici. They had been the patrons of genius and cultural icons, but the family was more interested in waging war ...