Giovanni Villani
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Giovanni Villani was an Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica on the history of Florence. He was a leading statesman of Florence but later gained
Statue in the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo in Florence
A fresco painting by Giotto di Bondone in the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, within the chapel owned by the Bardi bankers; Giotto's artworks were praised by Villani.
Villani was the superintendent of the construction of Andrea Pisano's bronze doors for the Florence Baptistry.
Stone marker with the coat of arms at the Palazzo di Arte di Calimala, the guild to which Giovanni Villani belonged
Peruzzi
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The Peruzzi family were bankers of Florence, among the leading families of the city in the 14th century, before the rise to prominence of the Medici. Their modest antecedents stretched back to the mid
Peruzzi family coat of arms
