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The first season of the series, titled Medici: Masters of Florence, premiered in Italy on Rai 1 on 18 October 2016. It takes place in 1429, the year Giovanni de' Medici , head of the family, died. His son Cosimo succeeds him as head of the family bank, the richest in Europe at the time, and fights to preserve his power in Florence.
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The story is focused on Leonardo da Vinci and his two companions Zoroaster and Nico, who took Florence and established alliance with Lorenzo de' Medici. [ 3 ] Richard Edwards, from Games Radar , said it is an "odd mix of a Doctor Who historical episode and Game of Thrones ; a hyper-real vision of history mixed with copious amounts of political ...
Alessandro Sperduti (born 8 July 1987) is an Italian actor who has appeared in multiple television and film productions since the age of 11. [1] In 2016, he was noted for his performance as Piero de' Medici in the Rai television series Medici: Masters of Florence. [2]
Girolamo Riario (1443 – 14 April 1488) was Lord of Imola (from 1473) and Forlì (from 1480). He served as Captain General of the Church under his uncle Pope Sixtus IV.He was one of the organisers of the failed 1478 Pazzi conspiracy against the Medici family, the rulers of Florence, and was assassinated 10 years later by members of the Forlivese Orsi family.
[2]: 140 [3] Many of the conspirators, as well as many people accused of being conspirators, were killed; more than thirty died on the day of the attack. [3] Most were soon caught and summarily executed. Renato de' Pazzi was lynched and hanged. Jacopo de' Pazzi, head of the family, escaped from Florence but was caught and brought back. He was ...
The series was shot in English in the hope of securing a North American release, which it failed to achieve, [1] and was later dubbed into Italian and shown on state television. The three television films are: Cosimo de Medici, The Power of Cosimo and Leon Battista Alberti: Humanism. It is Fred Ward's debut role.
He was born into a noble family in the town of Volterra, then part of the Florentine Republic ruled by the Medici family. [1] He is best remembered for the role he played in the Pazzi conspiracy, a plot to remove the Medici from power by those dissatisfied with their rule. Maffei was exasperated against Lorenzo since the sacking of Volterra.