Rucellai Family Patronage in the City of Florence

Observe Giovanni Rucellaiâs name engraved in the archways of the entablature, as Marcus Agrippaâs was on the archways of the Pantheon fifteen hundred years earlier.

Our School: Palazzo Rucellai

January 19th 2009
I get to go to school in a palace! How many people get to say that?! Palazzo Rucellai is one of the oldest and most prestigious historical residences in Florence and holds an important place in the city's patrimony. It has been home to the Rucellai family for over 500 years and the family continues to occupy portions of the building. It is a Renaissance palace that was designed by the famous a ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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