This is the story of Alessandro de' Medici, otherwise known as Il Moro (‘The Moor’), the Black Duke of Florence. Born in Florence in 1510, the official story states that Alessandro was the son of ...

Lorenzino de’ Medici, luring Alessandro to an assignation with the wife of an absent nobleman, hired an assassin, the wonderfully named Scoronconcolo, to finish off Florence’s duke. Alessandro, to his ...

The Medici family struck fear into the hearts of their enemies for centuries, so it should come as no surprise that Alessandro de' Medici's life was replete with backstabbing, secrets, and bloody ...

“Si tratta – spiegano i consiglieri di Sinistra progetto Comune Dmitrij Palagi e Antonella Bundu – di un’opera dedicata ad Alessandro de’ Medici, considerato uno dei primi aristocratici ...