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Varchi Benedetto
(1503—1565)

Benedetto Varchi was an Italian historian. He fought in the defence of Florence during the siege by the Mediceans and imperialists in 1530, and was exiled after the surrender of the city. In 1536 he took part in Piero Strozzi's unsuccessful expedition against Medicean rule, but seven years later he was called back to Florence by Cosimo I, who gave... More...

Maldives, 1989, Benedetto Varchi