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KEEP CALM, THE WINDOW IS WALLED

KEEP CALM, THE WINDOW IS WALLED

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Palazzo Pucci - Via de' Pucci 4

The Grand Duke Cosimo I, like every day, would’ve walked out of the palace at the corner of via de’ Pucci an via dei Servi to go to mass at the nearby Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, but in the meanwhile the hitmen sent by Pandolfo Pucci who would’ve crept through the palace window ready to give the duke an unpleasant surprise. Despite the perfectly detailed plan and the great rage stimulating Pandolfo, who had been banished from the de’ Medici court, the revenge failed because the Grand Duke found out about it beforehand. Cosimo sentenced both the nobleman and the hired assassins to death, but just to be sure he ordered for his window to be walled, as you’ll find it today.
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