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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 1492. Show all posts

20 April 2020

Pietro Aretino – writer

Satirist was both admired and feared by the nobility Pietro Aretino, captured by his friend, the Venetian painter Titian in around 154...

12 September 2018

Lorenzo II de’ Medici – Duke of Urbino

Short rule of the grandson of Lorenzo Il Magnifico Lorenzo II de' Medici ruled Florence from 1513 to 1519 but died aged only 26 ...

8 April 2018

Lorenzo the Magnificent - Renaissance ruler

Patron of the arts who sponsored Michelangelo and Botticelli A portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bro...

28 December 2017

Piero the Unfortunate – Medici ruler

Ill-fated son of Lorenzo the Magnificent Piero the Unfortunate's poor judgment earned him his unenviable moniker Piero di Lo...

12 October 2017

Piero della Francesca - Renaissance painter

Mathematician famous for exploring perspective Della Francesca's assumed self- portrait in his Ressurrection Piero della France...

11 August 2016

Pope Alexander VI

Scheming pontiff married off his children to secure power Pope Alexander VI: a portrait by Cristofano dell' Altissimo, property o...

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