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Trace the Medici dynasty's mark on Florence with a private guide.
Discover Florence through the lens of the Medici family, visiting the squares and palaces tied to their rise to power.
Step back in time and visit attractions tied to the Medici dynasty, including Piazza Strozzi, Piazza della Signoria, and Palazzo Pitti, with a private guide who can answer as many questions as you like.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Voyzo provides private pickup for this tour, tailored to your group.
Real Medici-era squares and palaces along the route.
See the palace the Medici family later called home, from the outside.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
Discover Florence through the lens of the Medici family, visiting the squares and palaces tied to their rise to power. Step back in time and visit attractions tied to the Medici dynasty, including Piazza Strozzi, Piazza della Signoria, and Palazzo Pitti, with a private guide who can answer as many questions as you like.
Piazza Strozzi gets its name from a real rival family: Palazzo Strozzi was begun in 1489 by Filippo Strozzi the Elder, whose family had once been nearly as wealthy as the Medici before being financially and politically ruined by them. Strozzi died in 1491, long before his palace was finished in 1538 — and Duke Cosimo I de' Medici promptly confiscated it the same year, not returning it to the Strozzi family for another thirty years.
Piazza della Signoria is older still: the first stone of what's now Palazzo Vecchio was laid in 1299 by Arnolfo di Cambio, the same architect who designed Florence's cathedral, deliberately built over the demolished homes of the exiled Uberti family so they could never be rebuilt there. It was called Palazzo della Signoria for centuries, only picking up its current name once Cosimo I relocated the ducal residence across the river.
That relocation ended at Palazzo Pitti, whose core dates to 1458, commissioned by the banker Luca Pitti — a Medici ally, not a Medici himself. Pitti's finances collapsed before the palace was finished, and it sat half-built until 1549, when the Medici family bought it outright and turned it into their main residence and treasure house, eventually expanding it with the Boboli Gardens.
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