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101House of Bentivoglio — Bentivoglio (in Latin, rendered as Bentivoius ) was an Italian family of princely rank, long supreme in Bologna and responsible for giving the city its political autonomy during the Renaissance. HistoryThe presence of the Bentivoglio family is… …
102Peruzzi — Baldassare Peruzzi was a leading Italian architect of the earlier 16th century; his son Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi was also an architect. The Peruzzi were bankers of Florence, among the leading families of the city in the 14th century, before the …
103Marquis Ferdinando Bartolommei — (1821 1869) was an Italian revolutionist and statesman who played an important part in the political events of Tuscany from 1848 to 1860. From the beginning of the revolutionary movement Bartolommei was always an ardent Liberal, and although… …
104Hercules and Cacus — The white marble sculpture Hercules and Cacus is to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy.This work by the Florentine artist Baccio Bandinelli (1525 1534) was commissioned as a pendant to… …
105Chief Magistrate — is a generic designation for a public official whose office individual or collegial is the highest in his or her class, in either of the fundamental meanings of Magistrate (which often overlapped in the Ancien régime): as a major political and… …
106Cino da Pistoia — (1270 1336/37) was an Italian jurist and poet. Cino da Pistoia, 19th century engraving; Guittoncino dei Sinibaldi de Candia Pistoia . He was born in Pistoia, Tuscany. His full name was Guittoncino dei Sinibaldi de Candia Pistoia or, Latinised as… …
107The Battle of Anghiari (painting) — Peter Paul Rubens s copy of The Battle of Anghiari. Allegedly from left to right is Francesco Piccinino; Niccolò Piccinino; Ludovico Trevisan; Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini. The Battle of Anghiari (1505) is a lost painting by Leonardo da… …
108Gonfalone — [ Montebuono.] [ Pratovecchio (Tuscany).] The gonfalon or gonfalone (from the early Italian confalone ), is a long flag or banner, often pointed, swallow tailed, or with several streamers, and suspended from a crossbar. It was first adopted by… …
109Ottaviano de' Medici — (July 11, 1484 – May 28, 1546) was an Italian politician and statesman, ancestor of the Princes of Ottaiano line of the Medici family. He held several important positions in Florence, including that of Gonfaloniere di Giustizia, although now a… …
110Giovanni I Bentivoglio — Giovanni I (died june 26 1402) was the first ruler of Bologna from the Bentivoglio family, who rose to power among the faction conflicts within the commune of Bologna. He ruled in 1401 1402.On March 14, 1401, he declared himself the ruler as… …
