Trivia: Which prominent Italian family has a Florentine palace named after them?
Agnelli
Habsburg
Medici
Fendi
The correct answer is Medici
So why is this answer correct? : Chances are the Italian Renaissance would have looked very different without the Medici family. Not only were they one of the wealthiest families in Italy, but they also ruled over the Republic of Florence. The Palazzo Medici Riccardi was commissioned in 1444 by Cosimo the Elder, a wealthy banker in the Medici family, to serve as a private residence. It was the first of many Medici palaces in Italy; today it serves as a museum.