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 ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, who dominated Florence's ... As well as producing four popes, members of the House of Medici married into various European royal families.

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 ...