When the new Ponte Vecchio was completed, it too was home to local food stores until Grand Duke Ferdinand I of the Medici family decided ... Arno River near central Florence.
Her death had been prefigured by the murder shortly before of her sister-in-law, Leonora, also strangled in a Medici castle outside Florence, by her own husband, Pietro de’ Medici, again on the orders ...
Access to the area is free 24/7. The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (known simply as the Duomo) is not only Florence's religious center, but it's also the city's most recognizable attraction.
His filetto al mirtillo nero (filet mignon with blueberry sauce), inspired by a favorite dish of Catherine de Medici, has become so popular ... who was raised in Ithaca and had a longstanding family ...