A love story in Florence!

A love story in Florence!

Mery Barrasso

A love story in Florence!

Today we talk about the love story between Bianca Cappello and Francesco I dei Medici, first lovers and then married in a Florence of other times and if you walk in Via Maggio at number twenty-six you can admire the Palace built by the Grand Duke for his beloved. At the beginning it was a clandestine love as both were married and then a much talked about love in the city, then suddenly the respective spouses came to miss in a suspicious way: The Grand Duke’s wife died in an accident and Bianca’s husband was murdered in the street. After...

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