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The dome of the Medici Chapels seen through olive branches from Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini, beside Medici Historical Home, images © Tommaso Pini

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Suite 1 at Medici Historical Home with a powder-blue headboard wall lined in brass, a bench on castors and a gilt medallion chair by the window, images © Tommaso Pini Dining end set with red candles in silver candelabra on a white pedestal table, beneath a painted ceiling and a ring of bronze spotlights, images © Tommaso Pini Through a panelled door into Suite 2, its walls in warm greige under a faded painted cove and a paper pendant light, images © Tommaso Pini Powder-blue panelling ruled in brass behind the bed, with dished brass wall lights and floating bedside shelves, Medici Historical Home, images © Tommaso Pini Black-and-white photographs in a lit niche, the walnut scroll-arm sofa reflected in a mirrored panel beyond, images © Tommaso Pini Dressing area lined in old rose and lit from the shelves, hats, coats and a leather holdall inside, Medici Historical Home, images © Tommaso Pini Bench at the foot of the bed in Suite 1, with a pocket door opening onto the marble bathroom, images © Tommaso Pini Living room at Medici Historical Home looking past a cream scroll-arm sofa to the dining table, marble kitchen island and windows over the square, images © Tommaso Pini Rose-lined shelving with a white handbag and folded scarf, Suite 2 and its tall linen-hung window beyond, images © Tommaso Pini

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