Florence: The city that changed the World

Sometime between the 13th and 16th centuries, a small city on the banks of the Arno River decided—without knowing it was deciding—to change the world. Florence produced Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Dante, and Machiavelli. It invented the Renaissance, created the modern banking system, and exported ideas that are still present in everything you see and use today. This series tells that story, with the depth of a documentary and the pacing of a literary narrative. Every great story has an address. And this world began here.

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The Medici, Part II: Lorenzo, The Flame That Burned Too Bright

Lorenzo de' Medici: The Flame That Burned Too Bright.The Medici were already in power. The hard work had been done — the invisible networks, the quiet loyalties, the patience of decades. All Lorenzo h...

27 Feb 7min

The Medici, Part I: Cosimo, The Man the City Went to Find

The Medici were not at the top of Florence. They had no noble blood, no military tradition, no name that opened doors. They had come from the Mugello valley like so many other families — and no one wo...

26 Feb 7min

The River, the Wool, and the Money

Before the Medici. Before the Dome. Before the David.There was a small city on the banks of a river that processed wool, lent money, and survived its own internal wars. A city that lost half its popul...

25 Feb 9min