What will they see in the future when they visit here? When they walk the streets they will see our crest on the buildings, our sculptures standing proudly. Inside they will see the paintings, the jewellery, all the beauty that we created by supporting so many artists. They will know that the music they hear was born from our patronage, the sounds of a piano first heard in our palace. They will walk through a city whose soul is our very soul.
Art. Money. Sex. Scandal. It’s 1737 and the artistic fate of Florence rests in the hands of the Medici family’s final two heirs – as one lays dying. What will become of the city’s artistic heritage? And…who were the Medici to decide? Discover the answers in The Medici Dynasty, which ran for four extended seasons in Florence.