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THE PALAZZO MEDICI.
Calliope
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April 1, 2001|
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Symbol of Medicean Power and Patronage
IN 1444. ONE OF COSIMO DE' MEDICI'S critics reported, "He has begun a palace that throws even the Colosseum at Rome into the shade." Cosimo had his massive new house erected on the corner of Via de' Gori and Via Larga, the widest street in Florence. Tall and imposing, the Palazzo Medici towered over nearby buildings. Designed by famed Florentine architect Michelozzo Michelozzi, it featured more than 40 rooms, a chapel, and a spacious inner courtyard and garden. While on a visit to Florence, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, son of the Duke ...
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