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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 164: The Medici Family, Patrons of the Florentine Renaissance
Florence’s leading banking family was the great patron of the Renaissance. They nurtured and employed the great artists of their time while funding lavish chapels, churches, and the grand city hall in a way that bolstered their political power.
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