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Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the palaces of the House of Este.
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Sep 11, 2005 · Description. Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta. Author: Ko Hon Chiu Vincent. Copyright: © Ko Hon Chiu Vincent. License: All Rights Reserved. Condition of use:
Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the palaces of the House of Este.
May 22, 2012 · In 1995 the city of Ferrara was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site named ‘City of Ferrara’. In 1999 its designation was extended and renamed ‘Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta’.
Nov 3, 2017 · Ferrara, town of the Renaissance and its Po Delta — Ferrara Terra e Acqua. UNESCO, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, included the territory around Ferrara in its lists on two separate occasions.
Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Located in Emilia Romagna, it is not only famous for its architectural beauty: of equal interest is the surrounding area, the river Po Delta, which was named a World Heritage Site a few years later (1999) as a cultural landscape of great interest.
