1570 Ferrara earthquake
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The 1570 Ferrara earthquake struck the Italian city of Ferrara on November 16 and 17, 1570. After the initial shocks, a sequence of aftershocks continued for four years, with over 2,000 in the period
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Alfonso II d'Este, by Girolamo da Carpi (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
Book by Michael Manger (1570)
Giovanni Battista Tinti, St. Francis Solanus shows 1570 earthquake to St. John the Apostle and St. John the Baptist (Municipal pinacotheca of Cento)
Alfonso II d'Este
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Alfonso II d'Este was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este.
1570 Ferrara earthquake
…planning in the Renaissance, the biggest and most architecturally advanced town expansion project in Europe at the time. In 1570 the city was held by Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, vassal of Pope Pius V, a beloved ruler and a devoted liberal art patron, but careless and a big spender as an administrator. Alfonso was the main…
Painting of Alfonso II d'Este from the studio of Cesare Aretusi
Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici