Video - en: "Betrayal in the Cathedral: The Tragic Fall of Giuliano de' Medici

Lorenzo de’ Medici, "The Magnificent," was the mastermind behind Florence’s golden age. But his younger brother, Giuliano, was always in his shadow. In 1478, during Easter Mass, the Medici family faced an unimaginable betrayal. The Pazzi family, rivals of the Medici, planned to kill both Lorenzo and Giuliano to seize control of Florence. Lorenzo narrowly escaped with his life, but Giuliano wasn’t so lucky. He was brutally stabbed to death in front of hundreds in the cathedral. The shocking murder devastated Lorenzo, who, filled with grief, immediately retaliated. The Pazzi conspiracy was crushed, and its members executed in public. But for Lorenzo, the loss of his beloved brother marked a life of pain, forever haunting his reign as the leader of Florence