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Beheading of S. John the Baptist, with a building in perspective for which he had copied the exterior of the Chapter-house of the Pazzi, which is in the first cloister of S. Croce, was sent as a most beautiful work to Naples by Paolo da Terrarossa, who had given the commission for it.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto Giorgio Vasari 1542
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The Medici section includes multiple versions of Botticelli's commemorative portrait of Giuliano de' Medici, Lorenzo il Magnifico's brother, murdered in 1478 in the "Pazzi Conspiracy."
From Out of a Featureless Crowd Karen Wilkin 2012
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The place that inspires me most is Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel in Florence.
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Timothy Christy, the pastor of St. Magdalen de Pazzi Church in Flemington, N.J., who was among the bill's opponents.
Gay Marriage Passes in New Jersey, but Veto Looms Heather Haddon 2012
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Alamy Interior of the Pazzi Chapel in Florence It depends where I am, but the best chocolate is from Paris (Angelina is a classic); Florence (Café Rivoire in Piazza della Signoria); and New York, where I keep a stock of MarieBelle Aztec hot chocolate.
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Although the Italic League endured, officially, for almost 25 years — from the Peace of Lodi to the Pazzi conspiracy of 1478 — the powers never ceased to align and realign themselves according to strategic suballiances.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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The mob was now screaming for Pazzi blood, and there was a surge toward their palazzo.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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Jacopo Bracciolini paid an unexpected visit to the Palazzo Medici on Via Larga shortly after his secret meeting with Francesco de Pazzi.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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Having supervised revival costumes for Zeffirelli, Hall began to design his own outfits, beginning with a production of l'Isola dei Pazzi in Spoleto, Umbria.
Peter J Hall obituary David Jays 2010
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On 26 April 1478, in a conspiracy often attributed to Cardinal Girolamo Riario and members of the Pazzi family, Lorenzo was wounded and Giuliano murdered in an attack on the two Medici brothers in the Florence cathedral during Mass.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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