I Medici: Masters of Florence Half-Day Walking Guided Tour

Highlights

• Professional licensed guide
• Medici power sites
• TV series connections

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Palazzo Medici Riccardi

   1h

   You will discover the wonders of the courtyard and garden of the palace, here where the Medici dynasty has fortified its hegemony over the city of Florence.

2. 2

   Basilica di San Lorenzo

   30min

   Family church restored by Brunelleschi at the request of Giovanni di Bicci.

3. 3

   Battistero Di San Giovanni

   30min

   Here is where Medici were baptized.

4. 4

   Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

   1h

   here is where the Congiura dei Pazzi took place: ended on 26 April 1478, it was a conspiracy ordered by the Florentine family of bankers de 'Pazzi with the aim of cutting off the hegemony of the Medici through the support of the papacy and other external subjects, among which the Republic of Siena and the Kingdom of Naples. The conspiracy led to the killing of Giuliano de 'Medici and the wounding of Lorenzo the Magnificent, without however leading to the end of the Medici power over Florence, as it was in the plans.

Before you go

Location