Caterina de Medici and Cosimo I de’ Medici Tour: the beginning of a monarchy

Cosimo, the grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was the first member of the Medici family to rule with a title. Caterina, the granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was the first Medici to become Queen of France. Come with me and discover the places where they lived. The tour will start inside Palazzo Medici, the palace where both Caterina and Cosimo resided. Then we will stop at the splendid Medici Chapels, the Medici mausoleum, a definite must in Florence. Afterwards, we will continue our tour by visiting the spectacular Palazzo Vecchio, where Cosimo I lived with his wife Eleonora di Toledo, and where all the important decisions about Caterina’s future were taken. The tour will end with a visit to the Pitti Palace, where Cosimo I lived the last years of his life. Under his rule, the Medici family went from being “just” a simple, powerful and rich member of the Florentine society to becoming the official rulers of Florence and of the whole of Tuscany and on of the top important European dinastia.