Mby Mari de Armas
Filippo Brunelleschi’s dome over the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Sandro
Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, which hangs in the Uffizi. Michelangelo’s Madonna
of the Stairs that is on exhibition at Casa Buonarroti. The incomparable Boboli
Gardens dreamed up by Bernardo Buontalenti. Each one commissioned by a
member of the Medici family.
While you’re in Florence’s city walls, the reach and influence of this infamous
clan is inescapable, but when you venture in search of their sprawling villas
nestled in the scenic Tuscan countryside, a more intimate portrait is painted.
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