Highlights from the Mediceo del Principato

NEW BOOK: Cosimo III's Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
Miguel Taín Guzmán (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)
March 18, 2013

La Ciudad de Santiago de Compostela en 1669. La "peregrinación" del Gran Príncipe de la Toscana Cosimo III de Medici

Prólogo de Antonio Bonet Correa. En esta monografía, el profesor Taín nos describe los pormenores de la estancia del Príncipe Cosimo de Medici en la ciudad de Apóstol a finales del siglo XVII, escrutando las actividades que desarrolla así como los recorridos que realiza y las personas con las que se entrevista.

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EXHIBITION: DIE MEDICI ("The Medici")
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen - Mannheim - 17 February - 28 July 2013
February 17, 2013

Die Ausstellung "Die Medici - Menschen, Macht und Leidenschaft" in den Mannheimer Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen blickt erstmals hinter die Kulissen einer der berühmtesten Familien der Welt.

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BOOK REVIEW: Stefano Dall'Aglio L'ASSASSINO DEL DUCA
Irene Fosi (Sixteenth Century Journal, XLIII/3 2012)
January 19, 2013

Lorenzino or Lorenzaccio: both names were used for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, who killed Duke Alessandro on 6 January 1537. They point to a historical tradition that, on the one hand, created the myth of the "Tuscan Brutus," and on the other, stigmatized this young scion of the Florentine family as a criminal and a traitor...Click here and then fosi.scj.pdf for the rest of the review.

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EXHIBITION: GEMS OF THE MEDICI
The Houston Museum Of Natural Science - Houston - 26 October 2012 - 31 March 2013
January 1, 2013

In the mid-1400s, many celebrated artists, goldsmiths, silversmiths and engravers were attracted by the abundance of wealth in the city of Florence, but the most important factor in this gathering of talent was the presence of the Medici family.

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