Medici+Ricardi+Palace

===** History: **** The Palazzo Medici is also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded it. It is a Renaissance palace, and it was built between 1445 and 1460.The palace was the site of the wedding reception between Merdinandi de Medici Grand Prince of Toscany. **===

===** Characteristics characterized by clearly delineated and rusticated floors and a huge cornice crowing the roofline, the palace stands out for the arched windows arranged along its front and the partially closed loggia on the corners of the building. Two asymmetrical doors led to the typical fifteenth century courtyard, built following models of Brunelleschi and decorated graffi, originally opened on the tipically Renaissance garden. It's decorated on every side with gold and fine marbles, with carvings and sculptures in relief with pictures and inlays done in perspective by the most accomplished and perfect of masters even in the benches and floors of the house. **===

===** People places The Palazzo Medici is located in Florence, Italy. Michelozzo di Bartolome was influenced in his building of their palace by both classical roman and Brunelleschi's principls. The fifteen year old Galeazzo Maria Sforza was entertained in Forence in 17 april 1459, and left a letter describing it. The building reflects the accumulated wealth of the Medici family. Niccolo' de Carissimi, one of Galeazzo's counsellors, furnished details of the room and garden. When the Medici family returned to Florence after their short lived exile in the early 15 th century, they kept a low profile and excecuted their power behind the scenes. **===

===** Renovations changes After a period of neglect, in 1659 the Medici sold it to the Riccardis who extended the building northwards and partially renovated the interior. The modifications of Baroque flavour, particullary intensive in the last two decades of the century, were on the keynote of lavish show and sophisticated erudition. In 1814 theRiccardi sold the palazzo to the state. Since 1874 it has belonged to the provincial authority, which since the beggining of the last century has adopted a policy aimed at the reclamation and valorization of the building itselfs and the works housed within. **===

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