“Albizzi” certainly doesn’t sound particularly French. That’s because it isn’t. The Albizzi family, headed by one Antonio in the mid-16th century, ran afoul of the powerful Medicis in their homeland... Read More
In 1523, the Albizzi family boarded a ship in Florence, Italy bound for the New World. The voyage proved far shorter than expected, however, running aground in Cassis, France; bad luck, certainly, but there are worse places to... Read More