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"The building on the corner is trying very hard to look like it has nothing to hide. Heavy blocks of rough stone at street level, smoother and calmer as your eye climbs, a thick cornice across the top like a raised eyebrow. This is the Palazzo Medici — the first house the family built for themselves, and the place where a firm of bankers quietly started running a republic."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at Palazzo Medici Riccardi
This is just one of 11 stops on the The Family That Owned Florence tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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