Urbino
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Urbino is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Marche, southwest of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482.
The church of San Bernardino near Urbino
The Ducal Palace
A view from Urbino
Guelphs and Ghibellines
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The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting respectively the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor in the Italian city-states of Central Italy and Northern Italy during the Middle Ages.
A 14th-century conflict between the militias of the Guelph and Ghibelline factions in the comune of Bologna, from the Croniche of Giovanni Sercambi of Lucca
The defence of the Carroccio during the battle of Legnano (1176) by Amos Cassioli (1832–1891)
Battle of Montaperti, workshop of Pacino di Buonaguida
Battle of Campaldino on a fresco in San Gimignano