Beatrice d'Este was Duchess of Bari and Milan by marriage to Ludovico Sforza. She was one of the most important personalities of the time and, despite her short life, she was a major player in Italian politics. A woman of culture, an important patron, a leader in fashion: alongside her illustrious husband she made Milan one of the greatest capitals of the European Renaissance. With her own determination and bellicose nature, she was the soul of the Milanese resistance against the enemy French during the first of the Italian Wars, when her intervention was able to repel the threats of the Duke of Orléans, who was on the verge of conquering Milan.
Miniature of Beatrice at the age of 18, by Giovanni Pietro Birago.
Ercole d'Este, Beatrice's father, in a sculpture by Sperandio Savelli.
Bust of Ferrante of Aragon king of Naples, grandfather of Beatrice
Beatrice at the age of ten by Cosmè Tura, 1485
Bari is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples. It is a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 315,284 inhabitants, and an area of over 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi), while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan area has 1.3 million inhabitants.
Image: A volo di gabbiano (cropped)
Image: Bari Teatro Petruzzelli vista frontale
Image: 054 Piazza del Ferrarese (Bari), amb el Palazzo Starita a la dreta
Image: Bari basilica di San Nicola 202209171552