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The Royal Palace and its inner courtyard, as seen from the roof of the Duomo, across its marble spires. The Royal Palace of Milan (Italian: Palazzo Reale di Milano) was the seat of government in the Italian city of Milan for many centuries. Today, it serves as a cultural centre and it is home to international art exhibitions.
The Visconti-Sforza Castle is a mediaeval castle located in the centre of the city of Vigevano, Lombardy, Northern Italy. In the 14th and 15th centuries, members of the Visconti and Sforza houses, lords and dukes of Milan, transformed a previous fortification into a vast family resort. The castle was part of a wider plan of urban development ...
Em 1583, Francesco Sforza adquiriu o palácio por 30 000 escudos de Alessandro di Mario Sforza, período no qual foi construída a fachada na Via dei Banchi Vecchi[ 1] . Em 1673, Federico Sforza se casou com Livia Cesarini, a última de sua família [ 2]. Em 1697, com a morte dela, os Sforza acrescentaram o sobrenome dela ao seu dando origem ...
He was the firstborn son of Marquis Alessandro Pallavicino and his second wife, Francesca Sforza di Santa Fiora, widow of Ascanio della Penna della Cornia. He belonged to the Parma branch of the ancient and noble Pallavicini family . He was baptized with the names Francesco Maria Sforza, but in all of his published works throughout his life, he ...
While Sforza was recognized as duke of Milan, his son Ludovico would be the first to have formal investiture under the Holy Roman Empire by Maximilian I in 1494. Francesco I Sforza was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death.
Mother. Bianca Maria Visconti. Ippolita Maria Sforza (18 April 1445 – 20 August 1488) was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Sforza family which ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 until 1535. She was the first wife of the Duke of Calabria, who later reigned as King Alfonso II of Naples. Ippolita was a very intelligent and cultured young ...
Federico Visconti (1617–1693), Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1681 to 1693. Filippo Maria Visconti (archbishop) (1721–1801), Archbishop of Milan from 1784 to 1801. Gaspare Visconti, Archbishop of Milan from 1584 to 1595. Roberto Visconti, Archbishop of Milan from 1354 to 1361.
