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    Poggio a Caiano is a town and comune in the province of Prato, Tuscany region Italy. The town, birthplace of Filippo Mazzei, lies 9 kilometres (6 mi) south...
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    The Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano, also called Ambra, is one of the most famous Medici villas and is located in Poggio a Caiano (Prato). Today it is...
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    La Magia Villa La Petraia Villa Medici in Fiesole Villa di Poggio a Caiano Villa del Poggio Imperiale Villa del Trebbio Villa del Trebbio (mid-14th century...
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    F. Kennedy in his 1958 book A Nation of Immigrants. Mazzei was born in Poggio a Caiano in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany as a son of Domenico and Elisabetta...
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    Lorenzo de' Medici, who added the Villa di Poggio a Caiano by Giuliano da Sangallo, begun in 1470, in Poggio a Caiano, Province of Prato, Tuscany. From Tuscany...
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    Giuliano da Sangallo (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Giuliano. Consequently, Lorenzo commissioned him to design a villa in Poggio a Caiano after holding a competition to determine the best design. Construction...
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    and Bianca died on 19 and 20 October, both at the Medici Villa in Poggio a Caiano. Although the original death certificates mention malaria, it has been...
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  • Corsica Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany Poggio Berni, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna Poggio Bustone, Rieti, Lazio Poggio Catino, Rieti, Lazio Poggio Imperiale...
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    later Pope Clement VII), to relocate the remaining Medici heirs to Poggio a Caiano, near Florence: Alessandro; his half-sister Catherine, (later Queen...
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    Cosimo granted her a pension of 80,000 livres in compensation. She departed the next June, after stripping bare Poggio a Caiano of any valuables. Without...
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