Sforza Castle
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The Sforza Castle is a medieval fortification located in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. La
The Torre del Filarete
Torre del Filarete from interior of Sforza Castle
Water fountains in front of the Sforza Castle
Coat of arms of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, painted on an interior ceiling
Francesco I Sforza
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Francesco I Sforza was an Italian condottiere who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its duke from 1450 until his death. Renowned for his military skill and political acumen,
Sforza Castle
…Castello Sforzesco ; Milanese: Castell Sforzesch ) is a medieval fortification located in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. Later renovated and enlarged, in the 16th and 17th centuries it was one of the largest…
Portrait of Francesco Sforza (c. 1460) by Bonifacio Bembo. Sforza insisted on being shown in his worn dirty old campaigning hat. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza in Famiglie celebri italiane, by Pompeo Litta Biumi (1823)