CNN Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy April 5, 2021 03:11:00
There's a family whose name hangs over this region like the hot tuscan sun. their astonishing wealth made them one of the most powerful families on earth back in the 1500s. they practically bankrolled the renaissance, paying for artists and scientists like michelangelo and galileo to remake the world. how many days a week are you here? they are the medici. >> so come in. >> and i'm going to meet one of them. >> you are in a place that the florentines call the castano. they created this place as a scientific laboratory. the medici wanted all the bright minds in europe to come here and to create...