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Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. As of 2016, it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated 44 kilometres northeast of Bologna, on the Po
The Castello Estense in the heart of Ferrara
Piazza Trento e Trieste
Etruscan jewellery is displayed at the National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara.
Flora, a Roman goddess, by Bartolomeo Veneto has been assumed to represent Lucrezia Borgia.
Lucrezia Borgia
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Lucrezia Borgia was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She was a former governor of Spoleto.
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…age, Ferrara was severely hit by a war against Venice fought and lost in 1482–84. Alfonso I succeeded to the throne in 1505 and married the notorious Lucrezia Borgia. He again fought Venice in the Italian Wars after joining the League of Cambrai. In 1509 he was excommunicated by Pope Julius II, but was able to…
Portrait by Dosso Dossi which is purported to depict Lucrezia, c. 1518
Purported portrait of Lucrezia as Saint Catherine of Alexandria in a fresco by Pinturicchio. The "Hall of the Saints" within the Borgia Apartments in the Vatican, c. 1494
Coin showing Giovanni Sforza
Duke Alfonso of Aragon depicted in a painting by Pinturicchio