Acquapendente
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Acquapendente is a city and comune in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio. Acquapendente is a centre for the agricultural production of vegetables and wine, and has a tradition of pottery craftsmanship.
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Historical view towards Acquapendente (1640)
Torre Alfina, about 8 kilometers east of Acquapendente
Sack of Rome (1527)
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The Sack of Rome, then part of the Papal States, followed the capture of Rome on 6 May 1527 by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, during the War of the League of Cognac. Charles V o
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…Italian: cassero) was built by the Lombard king Desiderius. The castle was captured by the Neapolitan condottiero Fabrizio Maramaldo during the 1527 Siege of Rome, but the defenders gallantly retained the Cassero. The castle of the frazione Trevinano known from the 12th century…
The sack of Rome in 1527, by Johannes Lingelbach, 17th century (private collection)
Sack of Rome. By Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
View of the Passetto di Borgo from Castel Sant'Angelo. St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican pictured in the background.
Sack of Rome. 6 May 1527. By Martin van Heemskerck (1527).