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Armored bust of Gian Galezzo to right, his titles around. Script: Latin . Lettering: IO GZ• M• SF• VICECO• DVX• MLI• SX• Translation: Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Viscount Duke of Milan. Reverse. Armored bust of Ludovico Maria Sforza to right, his titles around; head of St. Ambrose at beginning of legend on both sides. Script: Latin
Visconti Castle (Pavia) / 45.19000°N 9.15833°E / 45.19000; 9.15833. The Visconti Castle of Pavia ( Castello Visconteo di Pavia in Italian) is a medieval castle in Pavia, Lombardy, Northern Italy. It was built after 1360 in a few years by Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan, and used as a sovereign residence by him and his son Gian ...
Nov 7, 2023 · The Castle and its Park. The Visconti castle, built in 1395 and inherited by Duke Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, is the village’s focal point. The Ducke designed the village of Grazzano Visconti and the reconstruction of the castle with the assistance of the architect Campanini. His intention was to establish a retreat away from the city and ...
The Visconti Bridge at Valeggio sul Mincio is a medieval viaduct over the Mincio River built at the end of the 14th century by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. Initially conceived as a fortified dam to divert the Mincio water flowing to Mantua, it has served as a bridge since then. [1] Today, the ruined central span over the Mincio is ...
The end was rebuilt while the statue on top, portraying Gian Galeazzo Visconti is a copy of the original by George Solari, now kept in the Museo del Duomo. Among all other spires only six date back to the 15th and 16th centuries and a dozen are from the 17th and 18th centuries. The tiburium of Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (24 September 1490-1500) is ...
first Duke of Milan (1351-1402) ... GIAN GALEAZZO Visconti, duca di Milano. ... Gian Gian Galeazzo Galeazzo Visconti (16 Oct 1351 - certain 3 Sep 1402) ...
Around the same time the Visconti Book of Hours was commissioned, extreme measures were in motion to take control of the rapidly spreading Black Death. Duke Bernabo Visconti was the first to enact strict quarantine laws in the city of Milan. After Bernabo’s death, Gian Galeazzo took over Plague control in 1399.
