rinascimento italiano

Venetian defence systems in the 16th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra and Stato da Mar make up a transnational set of heritage sites presented by Italy along with Croatia and Montenegro. The site is an exceptional collection of the …
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Florence (Firenze in Italian), founded in 59 BC as the Roman colony of Florentia on the site of an Etruscan settlement is widely, and rightfully, regarded as the cradle of of the Renaissance. And indeed, during the early days of …
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An extremely old Etruscan, Roman and Medieval city, Mantua throve and grew under the House of Gonzaga (XIV-XVII cent.), as one of the most elegant Renaissance courts in Italy, an exemplary city built on subsequent layers and adapted to Renaissance …
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Verona played a key role in European history as the crossroads of arts and peoples, armies and cultures. Founded by ancient tribes, it became a Roman colony in the century BC, quickly rising in importance. It was occupied by Theodoric, …
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The refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie forms an integral part of this architectural complex, begun in 1463 and reworked at the end of the 15th century by Bramante. On the north wall is The Last Supper, …
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Villa d’Este at Tivoli, with the palace and its gardens, is among the most important and remarkable testimonies of Renaissance culture. The architectural and decorative elements of these extraordinary gardens, including fountains, basins, grottos, boulevards and pavilions, are a unique and …
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Cinque Terre are located in the easternmost part of Liguria, between the steep coastal strip locked between the sea and the mountaintops. The Cape of Porto Venere, on the south, is the last spike on the Cinque Terre crown. The …
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There are three factors that make the region of Ferrara so special: the old city centre that was renewed by the first city plan of the modern age, its criteria eventually inspiring other cities both in Italy and in Europe; …
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The Historic Centre of Urbino is a remarkable and nearly intact testimony of the Italian Renaissance civilisation; its monumental and artistic excellence was built between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, the golden age of Urbino, which turned from a …
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Between the XVI and XVII centuries Genoa experience its golden age as a Mediterranean power; in that time it started a public nobility residential project, whereby a network of new streets and nobility palaces was built to house the authorities …
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