Florence, at Palazzo Vecchio to meet the Electrice Palatina, the last Medici heir

On the occasion of the anniversary of Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici’s death, in addition to free admission for all to the Florentine Civic Museums and Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the special living history event that will allow the public to meet... the Electress Palatine returns to Palazzo Vecchio on February 18.

As is now customary, the Florentine Civic Museums and MUS.E are offering a tribute as well as a remembrance of this great female figure, whose choices were decisive in the history of her heritage and the entire city. In addition to free access to the museums, a living history activity will in fact be proposed - to be held at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 3:15 p.m. and 4 p.m.45 - in which visitors will be able to converse with the Electress herself to learn about and rediscover the special trait of this illustrious Medici and delve into the historical contingencies that led her to conceive and carry out the famous Family Pact, a legal act of guardianship stipulated with Francis Stephen of Lorraine by which the last heir of the dynasty binds to the State - the Grand Duchy of Tuscany - all the complex of assets that were part of the Medici collections: “...Galleries, Paintings, Statues, Libraries, Gioje and other precious things [...] on the express condition that of that is for the ornament of the State, for the utility of the Public and to attract the curiosity of foreigners, and nothing of it shall be transported and lifted out of the Capital and State of the Grand Duchy.”

Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici will be impersonated by Giaele Monaci. The introduction to her figure and historical context will be by Andrea Verga.

Participation in the meeting is free; reservations are required.
For information and reservations write to info@musefirenze.it or call 055-2768224

Pictured is Giale Monaci as the Palatine Electress. Photo by MUS.E

Florence, at Palazzo Vecchio to meet the Electrice Palatina, the last Medici heir

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