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The Strozzi Palace: A Renaissance Banker's Monument to Power
In 15th-century Florence, the Strozzi family—rivals to the Medici—set out to build the most magnificent palace in the city. This episode follows the construction of Palazzo Strozzi, from its ambitious foundation in 1489 to its near-century of delays due to political exiles and the whims of Florentine oligarchs. We explore how Filippo Strozzi the Elder amassed his fortune as a banker in Naples and Rome, his rivalry with Lorenzo de' Medici, and the palace's architectural innovations by Giuliano da Sangallo and Il Cronaca. The story touches on the Pazzi Conspiracy, the Medici exile…
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