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The Pazzi Chapel in the Franciscan church of Santa Croce in Florence was commissioned by Andrea di Guglielmo de' Pazzi in 1429. [4] It was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi . [ 10 ] [ a ] Construction began in 1442 in a cloister of the church, and continued after the death of the patron in 1445 and the architect in 1446; work was interrupted by ...
The Pazzi were banished from Florence, and their lands and property confiscated. Their name and their coat of arms were perpetually suppressed: the name was erased from public registers, and all buildings and streets carrying it were renamed; their shield with its dolphins was everywhere obliterated.
Shortly after the failure of the Pazzi conspiracy, most of the people involved were hunted down and killed. Francesco was taken from his bed and dragged through the streets of Florence by an angry mob before ultimately being hanged from the Palazzo della Signoria, next to the decomposing body of fellow conspirator Francesco Salviati. His uncle ...
The main inspiration for this piece was the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria Novella, also located in Florence. The main purpose of the building was the cathedral chapter house (meeting room for the governing chapter) and use as a classroom for the teaching of monks and other religious purposes. There was also a chapel behind the altar where ...
After Lorenzo de' Medici is saved by protagonist Ezio Auditore during the Pazzi conspiracy, Jacopo flees Florence and hides out in San Gimignano until 1480, when he is mortally wounded by the Templar grandmaster Rodrigo Borgia during a Templar meeting for his failure to dispose of the Medici. Ezio, who had followed Jacopo to the meeting, then ...
Giovanni Battista Foggini Design for a Sarcophagus for the Church of S. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi is a Renaissance -style Roman Catholic church and a former convent located in Borgo Pinti in central Florence , Italy.
Facade of palace with coat of arms at corner. The Palazzo Pazzi, also known as the Palazzo della Congiura or Palazzo Pazzi-Quaratesi is a Renaissance-style palace.It is located on Via del Proconsolo 10 at the corner with Borgo Albizzi in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
The first de facto Lord (Italian: Signore) in the history of the Republic of Florence was Cosimo de' Medici.Thanks to his moderate policy, Cosimo managed to maintain power for over thirty years until his death, ruling the state silently through his trusted men and thus allowing the consolidation of his family, the Medici, in the government of Florence.