Urbino
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Urbino is a comune in the Italian region of Marche, southwest of Pesaro. It is a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the
View of Urbino
The church of San Bernardino near Urbino
Urbino as seen from a kite
Antique plan of Urbino (1689) by Tommaso Luci
Federico da Montefeltro
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Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro KG, was one of the most successful mercenary captains of the Italian Renaissance. He became the lord of Urbino in 1444, and ruled the
Profile portrait of Federico da Montefeltro by Piero della Francesca. Federico lost his nasal bridge and his right eye in a tournament.
Federico da Montefeltro and His Son Guidobaldo (c. 1475), by Justus van Gent or (and) Pedro Berruguete
Federico Montefeltro with humanist writer Cristoforo Landino, in an example of Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting, 15th century
Battista Sforza, the second wife of Federico. Portrait by Piero della Francesca