Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label 1478. Show all posts

8 July 2019

Gian Giorgio Trissino – dramatist and poet

Innovative playwright spotted the potential of Palladio Vincenzo Catena's portrait of the dramatist Gian Giorgio Trissino Litera...

13 July 2017

Giulio d’Este of Ferrara

Plots and prison ruin life of handsome son of Duke Giulio d'Este, as he was said to have looked on his release from prison at t...

6 December 2015

Baldassare Castiglione – courtier and diplomat

Writer left a definitive account of life at court in Renaissance Italy Baldassare Castiglione, the author of the Italian classic, The Boo...

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