By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici. They had been the patrons of genius and cultural icons, but the family was more interested in waging war ...

How rich were the de Medici? In Chang's opinion, the Medici family, as a family, is the 17th richest person of all time, having a net worth expected to rise to $129 billion following inflation. How ...

Once a secret passage for the city's powerful Medici family, the 820-yard walkway now connects the Uffizi Galleries to the Palazzo Pitti, spanning the famous Ponte Vecchio. This reopening offers ...

away from his family. Their bastard son, Carlo, sought his fortune in Spain and became a wealthy man in Barcelona. Lorenzo's brother, Giuliano de'Medici, famously impregnated his mistress before ...

The corridor was built by Florence’s powerful Medici family to allow them to move secretly and safely from one part of the historic Italian city to another. “It’s a reopening that allows us ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, who dominated Florence's political and cultural life during the Renaissance. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family ...

Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor, the raised passageway that connects the city’s Uffizi Galleries to the former residence of the powerful Medici family, has reopened to the public after ...