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Close your eyes and imagine you're soaring through the sky

over a beautiful medieval city

of red terracotta tiles that stretch for miles in both directions.

In the center of the city is a huge cathedral with spires touching the sky.

A soaring bell tower stands at one side and a gigantic dome at the other.

As you fly around the dome and down through a window, you stare in awe at the beautiful paintings on the inside of the dome and many works of art and sculptures throughout the building.

This is the city of Florence, Italy during the Renaissance.

Join us as we learn about the people who ruled Florence during the 15th century,

the powerful family of Medici.

In the bustling streets of Florence Italy, during the 1400s, a young boy named Giovanni de Bichie de Medici was about to change history.

Giovanni was not born into a family of great wealth or royal blood. His father,

Avarado de Medici, was a merchant and his mother Jicopa Spini, was a middle-class

woman. They lived in a small house but it was filled with love and laughter.

Giovanni was a curious child, always eager to learn about the world around him.

He often wandered the markets of Florence, listening to traders and merchants as they haggled over goods.

From silks and spices to artworks and armor, Florence was a city thriving with trade,

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