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We’ll Never Climb Down From the Tree House
Another Medici tree house, in Castello (designed by Niccolò Tribolo), the artist, architect, and writer Giorgio Vasari noted, ...
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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 were well-known for their personal as well as professional dalliances.
Lorenzo's brother, Giuliano de'Medici, famously impregnated his mistress before his brutal murder in 1478. Their child, Giulio de'Medici, was later crowned Pope Clement VII. Clement took a black ...