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"That fortress of a building on the corner — heavy rough-cut stone at the bottom, smoother floors stacked above — is the Palazzo Medici Riccardi. The first Medici palace. This is where the family that ran Florence for three hundred years actually lived. And the building itself is telling you exactly how they pulled it off. The man who built it was Cosimo de' Medici."
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.
Tour Stops
Follow the full Florence in a Mile route.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Galleria dell'Accademia — The David
- 3 Palazzo Medici Riccardi
- 4 The Duomo — Santa Maria del Fiore
- 5 The Baptistery of San Giovanni — The Gates of Paradise
- 6 Orsanmichele
- 7 Il Porcellino — Mercato Nuovo
- 8 Piazza della Signoria
- 9 Palazzo Vecchio
- 10 The Uffizi Gallery
- 11 Ponte Vecchio
- 12 The Reveal
Hear the full story at Palazzo Medici Riccardi
This is just one of 12 stops on the Florence in a Mile tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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