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Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici (4 August 1463 – 20 May 1503), nicknamed the Popolano, was an Italian banker and politician, the brother of Giovanni il Popolano. He belonged to the junior (or "Popolani") branch of the House of Medici of Florence .
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492), was an Italian statesman, the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
- Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici
- Piero the Gouty
- 2 December 1469 – 8 April 1492
- Piero the Unfortunate
- Villa Medicea of Poggio a Caiano. This is Lorenzo the Magnificent’s most famous architectural feat: work probably began in the 1480s and the design is due to Giuliano da Sangallo (Florence, 1445 - 1516), who drew on Alberti’s lesson by designing a symmetrical and harmonious building on top of a hill.
- Basilica of Santa Maria delle Carceri, Prato. The construction of the basilica of Santa Maria delle Carceri, one of the most beautiful and well-known basilicas in Prato (which had been placed under the rule of Florence for more than a century) was supported by the Magnifico, who again called Giuliano da Sangallo for its realization, who again drew inspiration from Alberti’s theories on the central plan (the basilica has a Greek cross plan).
- Sacristy of Santo Spirito, Florence. The famous sacristy, another masterpiece by Giuliano da Sangallo, was added to the basilica of Santo Spirito at the initiative of Lorenzo the Magnificent: the construction lasted from 1489 to 1492.
- Vase of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Contrary to what the collective imagination might lead us to think, the Magnifico’s tastes focused on sculpture and applied arts rather than painting.
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Oct 31, 2022 · Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici (1463-1503) is the great-grandson of Giovanni di Averardo de’ Medici. His father was Pierfrancesco de’ Medici (1430–1476). Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco was head of the junior line of the Medici.
Mar 5, 2017 · On the night of 6January 1537 Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici killed his cousin, the first Duke of Florence, Alessandro de' Medici. In an Apologia, written around. three years after the assassination, Lorenzo claimed that he had killed Alessandro in. order to restore Florence to republican liberty.
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici (4 August 1463 – 20 May 1503), nicknamed the Popolano, was an Italian banker and politician, the brother of Giovanni il Popolano. He belonged to the junior (or "Popolani") branch of the House of Medici of Florence. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici.
Aug 4, 2020 · In the Italian TV series ‘Medici: the Rulers of Florence’ Lorenzo the Elder is shown to be brutally assassinated by the family’s foes, but in real history this event never took place and was probably taken from the tragic death of Lorenzo the Elder’s great nephew – Giuliano di Piero de’ Medici’s murder in the Florentine Duomo as a ...
