The coat of arms of the Medici: myths and legends!

The coat of arms of the most famous family of Florence in the world is represented with six whispering or five balls enameled of red and one larger blue with three lilies that is found almost on all the Florentine palaces but still today its origins are various. According to an ancient legend of a manuscript by a family member of Giovanni de' Medici the balls are to represent the footprints left by the clava of a giant arrived in Tuscany following Charles de Great. According to other myths it is believed that the balls are medicinal or the truest...