Girolamo Riario was Lord of Imola and Forlì. He served as Captain General of the Church under his uncle Pope Sixtus IV. He was one of the organisers of the failed 1478 Pazzi conspiracy against the Medici family, the rulers of Florence, and was assassinated 10 years later by members of the Forlivese Orsi family.
Pope Sixtus IV with his nephews and courtiers. Girolamo Riario is the second figure from the left.
La dama dei gelsomini by Lorenzo di Credi. Portrait of Girolamo's wife Caterina Sforza.
Imola is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, located on the river Santerno, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The city is traditionally considered the western entrance to the historical region Romagna.
Rocca Sforzesca of Imola
The Cathedral of Imola, the seat of the Bishopric of Imola.