Heredia
Heredia city (1995 est. pop. 29,200), capital of Heredia prov., central Costa Rica. On the central plateau, it is a center of the coffee and cattle industries and, with its colonial architecture, a tourist attraction. Heredia was founded in the 1570s and is the seat of the National Univ.
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The Medici Wedding of 1589: Florentine Festival as Theatrum Mundi. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...performances that attended the wedding festival of Ferdinand de'Medici, grand duke of Tuscany, and Christine de Lorraine...rugby-like calcio filled the Piazza Santa Croce; the Medici residence at the Pitti Palace provided the setting...
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The Medici Wedding of 1589
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review; 10/1/1996; ; 309 words
; The Medici Wedding of 1589, by James Saslow. This is a wonderful book, for it recreates the nuptials of Grand Duke Ferdinand de' Medici in all their splendor. The author persuasively demonstrates how Renaissance...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Pampered like a Medici princess.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 10/17/2004; 700+ words
; ...the surface. Italy's mighty Medici family were not only powerful...Tuscan hot springs, Grand Duke Ferdinand built a country palace. It is...formerly known as the Terme de Medici Hotel. Ferdinand was not the first to discover...
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Pampered like a Medici Princess; immerses herself in the joys of an ancient spa in the hills of Tuscany Cherie Lunghi.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 10/17/2004; 700+ words
; ...the surface. Italy's mighty Medici family were not only powerful...Tuscan hot springs, Grand Duke Ferdinand built a country palace. It is...formerly known as the Terme de Medici Hotel. Ferdinand was not the first to discover...
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The Politicized Muse: Music for Medici Festivals, 1512-1537.
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...marriage between Grand Duke Ferdinand III and Christine of Lorraine--the music for both of these Medici events has been edited and...Les Fetes du mariage de Ferdinand de Medecis, ed. D. P. Walker...s Theatre Festivals of the Medici, 1539--1637 (New Haven...
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Magnificent! The Glory Of the Medici
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/15/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...15-1997 Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-92) has conventionally...his sons Francesco I and Ferdinand I (who died in 1609). Yet the era of the Medici grand dukes has never attracted...Magnificence at the Court of the Medici: Art in Florence at the...
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LORENZO'S HEIRS.(Medici family)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...administrator by age 24, Ferdinand was Cosimo's fourth...granddaughter of Catherine de' Medici, was a lavish, month-long celebration. Ferdinand had a sincere concern...succeeded his father, Ferdinand II, and when he died...1737 brought an end to Medici rule in Tuscany. His...
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Tomb intrusion disturbs Medici peace
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 5/5/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...relative, Prince Ottaviano de' Medici, of a less distant Florentine...murder mystery: Francesco de' Medici, grand duke of Tuscany, and...by Francesco's brother, Ferdinand, who eventually succeeded...will set up shop in the lovely Medici Chapel in Florence. With its...
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Machiavelli's imagination of excellent men: an appraisal of the lives of Cosimo de' Medici and Castruccio Castracani.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Xenophon's Education of Cyrus to Ferdinand of Aragon, he implied that simply by reading the life of Cyrus, Ferdinand would already be imitating another...all. When the life of Cosimo de' Medici, related in Machiavelli's Florentine...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Ah, gelato! Italy's gift to the palate.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/11/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...There's an often-told story that Catherine de Medici, who was born in Florence and was queen of France...1589 wedding festivities of his patron, Grand Duke Ferdinand de Medici, "marvels of gelati" were served at the conclusion...
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Ferdinand I de' Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ferdinand I de' Medici 1549-1609, grand duke...built the famous Villa Medici at Rome. To become grand...never been ordained). Ferdinand improved the administration...His son, Cosimo II de' Medici, succeeded him.
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Francesco de' Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Joanna, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, and then, after Joanna's death...by the first marriage was Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France. Francesco was succeeded by his brother, Ferdinand I de' Medici.
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Cosimo II de' Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cosimo II de' Medici 1590-1621, grand duke of Tuscany...21); son and successor of Ferdinand I de' Medici. Although Cosimo played a role...and mathematician. His son, Ferdinand II de' Medici, succeeded him.
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Cosimo III de' Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cosimo III de' Medici 1642-1723, grand duke of Tuscany (1670-1723); son and successor of Ferdinand II de' Medici. During his long reign the government...and successor, Gian Gastone de' Medici, was the last of the family to rule...
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Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Cosimo I, Francesco (whose daughter was Marie de' Medici), Ferdinand I, Cosimo II, Ferdinand II, Cosimo III, and Gian...Bibliography See L. Collison-Morley, The Early Medici (1936); H. M. M. Acton, The Last Medici (rev...
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