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The Medici weren't the only famous family of the Italian Renaisssance.
Pragmatic pacifists marshaled around Cosimo de'Medici. Maso degli Albizzi ... And Rinaldo's rash decision to besiege the Palazzo Vecchio when he didn't get his way allowed Cosimo to return ...
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Secret 16th century passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy opens to the public for the first time
The pathway was constructed in 1565 for Duke of Florence Cosimo I de’ Medici of the Medici dynasty ... three of the city’s landmarks — the Palazzo Vecchio, its town hall, the Uffizi ...