Piazza del Duomo

This guide to Piazza del Duomo in Florence reconstructs Easter morning, 1478, when a conspiracy against the ruling Medici brothers, Lorenzo and Giuliano, erupted into violence during mass inside the cathedral behind you. It follows Giuliano's attackers and Lorenzo's scramble for the sacristy, wounded and uncertain whether his brother was alive, while outside the plot's fate hung on how Florence would react. The bronze sacristy doors that played their part that morning still stand just past the cathedral's facade.