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- The beautiful Medici men. The actors who play the main characters are all very easy on eyes. But were the Medici men really that good looking? Unfortunately not.
- The death of Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici. In the opening scene of the series, we see how the father Giovanni idyllically seated in a vineyard is enjoying the beautiful view of Florence.
- The role of Contessina de’ Bardi. Contessina was indeed the wife of Cosimo; she came from a noble but impoverished family. Although it was an arranged marriage and Cosimo and Contessina did not marry out of love, they still had a very good and loving relationship that produced two sons, Piero and Giovanni.
- Cosimo’s lovers. In Rome, Cosimo falls in love with the beautiful, but poor Bianca and the young lovers lose themselves in a passionate romance until Giovanni puts an end to it.
The first of such cases were the Visconti di Massino, the Visconti di Invorio, and the Visconti di Oleggio Castello. In these localities, a castle ( Massino ), its remains ( Invorio ), or a later reconstruction of the initial building ( Oleggio Castello ) are still visible today.
- vice: "deputy" - comes: "count"
- Filippo Maria Visconti
- 1075
- Milan
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The Visconti Castle of Massino is a medieval castle located on the Vergante hills in the municipality of Massino Visconti, Province of Novara, Piedmont, northern Italy. Since the 12th century it has been a possession and one of the preferred residences of the Visconti of Milan .
- 12th century
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- Guido Visconti
- Medieval castle
The Visconteo di Massino Visconti Castle, still owned by the descendants, was probably built during the 16th century, after a previous medieval fortress was razed to the ground in 1358 by Galeazzo II Visconti, at the time at war with the Marquis of Monferrato.
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo ( Italian: [luˈkiːno viˈskonti di moˈdroːne]; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of cinematic neorealism, but later moved towards luxurious, sweeping epics dealing with themes of beauty ...
- 17 March 1976 (aged 69), Rome, Italy
- Eriprando Visconti (nephew)
The Castello di Massino Visconti (Massino Visconti castle) was entrusted to Guido Ottone Visconti in 1139, who became its feudal lord; the castle was the family’s first small fortress. In 1358, Galeazzo Visconti , who was at war with the Marquis of Monferrato, had all the castles in the Vergante area destroyed.
Jun 7, 2018 · June 7, 2018. Among the Italian filmmakers who achieved international prominence in the decades after World War II, Luchino Visconti possessed perhaps the sharpest historical insight and the ...
