The siege of Florence took place from 24 October 1529 to 10 August 1530, at the end of the War of the League of Cognac. At the Congress of Bologna, the Medici Pope Clement VII and Emperor Charles V ag
The Siege of Florence by Giorgio Vasari, 1558
Study of Fortification for the Porta al Prato of Ognissanti by Michelangelo Buonarroti 1529–1530. Michelangelo served as Governor of Fortifications through the duration of the siege.
Portrait of Alessandro de' Medici. Oil on canvas by Jacopo Pontormo 1534–1535. The victorious Imperial–Spanish troops installed Alessandro as Duke of Florence.
Francesco Ferruccio
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Francesco Ferruccio was an Italian captain from Florence who fought in the Italian Wars.
Statue of Francesco Ferruccio at the Uffizi
Equestrian monument (1920) to Ferruccio in Gavinana