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27 August 2019

Alessandro Farnese – Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro

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Duke was a brilliant strategist and diplomat Otto van Veen's 16th century portrait of Alessandro Farnese The outstanding militar...
17 September 2018

Ranuccio II Farnese – Duke of Parma

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Feuding with the Popes led to the destruction of a city A portrait of Ranuccio II Farnese by the Flemish Baroque painter Jacob Denys ...
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