The Dome and the Domicile
# The Dome and the Domicile

"The Dome and the Domicile" is the second episode of the TV series Medici: Masters of Florence, directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan and starring Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden. It was released on 18 October 2016. It got 7.14 million viewers in Italy.

## Plot

The war with Milan is going badly and Florence's economy is in ruins. Cosimo funds Filippo Brunelleschi to build a dome for the cathedral creating work and brokers a deal between Lucca and the Duke of Milan for peace. Twenty years earlier, Giovanni forces Cosimo to marry Contessina, the strong-willed daughter of a noble banker with financial problems, forcing Cosimo to give up his dreams of being an artist.

## Cast

* Richard Madden as Cosimo de' Medici
* Dustin Hoffman as Giovanni
* Stuart Martin as Lorenzo
* Annabel Scholey as Contessina de' Bardi
* Guido Caprino as Marco Bello
* Alessandro Sperduti as Piero
* Valentina Bellè as Lucrezia Tornabuoni
* Ken Bones as Ugo Bencini
* Lex Shrapnel as Rinaldo degli Albizzi
* Brian Cox as Bernardo Guadagni
* Brando Leon Rustici as Vieri
* Michael Schermi as Ricciardo
* Eugenio Franceschini as Ormando Albizzi
* Tatjana Nardone as Emilia
* Frances Barber as Piccarda
* Alessandro Preziosi as Brunelleschi
* Daniel Caltagirone as Pazzi
* Andrea Tidona as Pope Martin V
* Andrea Bruschi as Andreas di Cecco
* Anthony Howell as Francesco Sforza
* David Bradley as Bardi
* Giusy Buscemi as Rosa
* Marco Quaglia as Tancredi
* Nicola Garofalo as Architect nº1
* Laurence Belgrave as Architect nº2
* Ivan Olivieri as Architect nº3
* Francis Pardeilhan as Architect nº4
* Luca Buellis as Tancredi's Son
* Stefano Venturi as De Girolamo
* Matt Patresi as Del Giudice
* Robert Stainer as Merchant
* Alberto Sette as Corona
