What are the side effects of a suggestive costume series like "The Medici"?
The desire to touch all the "great beauty" seen in the scenes by going to visit the wonderful places that the fiction shows episode after episode.
Guide to the magnificent places between Tuscany and Lazio where the blockbuster series aired on Raiuno was filmed
Our luck is that "I Medici", an international co-production with record ratings, was shot entirely in Italy. In some cases, due to stage requirements, studios were used in which some rooms were reconstructed, such as, for example, the dome of the Duomo of Florence during the construction phase.
For the rest, more than 30 shots were made "real" places concentrated between Lazio and Tuscany. And this had the power to make the series even more believable, featuring 120 actors, 2.300 extras, 2.500 costumes and 17 weeks of production.
The series is an opportunity to learn more I doctors, historical and powerful Florentine family, but above all to get to know the beautiful Florence, its surroundings, the Toscana and other places of the Lazio.
So what are the locations in our country that gave rise to this great series?
I Medici was shot: In Tuscany - Florence: Piazza del Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore, Bell Tower and Baptistery, The Baptistery of San Giovanni, built between 1296 and 1436. Palazzo Vecchio, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Palazzo del Bargello.
Siena: Piazza del Campo, the medieval Piazza Grande of Montepulciano with its cathedral, also used as a location for the “Twilight” film saga.
Val D'Orcia, San Quirino D'Orcia, Bagno Vignoni, fraction of San Quirino D'Orcia, which has been the set of many films including "Al lupo al lupo" by Verdone.
Pienza: Palazzo Piccolomini, one of the first examples of Renaissance architecture, whose construction began in 1459. Palazzo Comunale di Pienza.
Pistoia: The Palazzo degli Anziani, also known as Palazzo di Giano dates back to the late 1300s. It is the current seat of the Municipality of Pistoia. Piazza del Duomo in Pistoia.
In Lazio - Villa Adriana and Villa D'Este a funfair, The Orsini-Odescalchi Castle of Bracciano, completed in 1485. Palazzo Farnese di Caprarola a Viterbo, a typical example of a mannerist residence, built between 1530 and 1575. Cathedral of S. Lorenzo, The Palazzo dei Papi with the Loggia delle Benedizioni, The medieval quarter of S.Pellegrino in Viterbo.
Palace of the Chancellery a Roma, built between 1485 and 1513. It still hosts the courts of the Holy See today.
Wonderful places in our Italy. Authentic treasures to be appreciated with pride.
