Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
THE GOOD, THE GREAT & THEIR LEGACIES
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Scaliger Clan
Verona's paranoid ruling
signori
who built the Castelvecchio and Arche Scaligeri.
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Gonzaga Dynasty
Renaissance patrons of frescoes by Andrea Mantegna and Giulio Romano, and a grand
cathedral by Leon Battista Alberti.
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Giangaleazzo Visconti
The figure behind Milan's Duomo and the Certosa di Pavia.
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Ludovico Sforza
Patron to Leonardo da Vinci and commissioner of
The Last Supper.
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Bartolomeo Colleoni
Venice's mercenary commander whose mausoleum is the Cappella Colleoni in Bergamo.
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Empress Maria Theresa
The empress who ordered the building of La Scala in Milan.
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Benito Mussolini
Creator of Milan's Fascist icon the Stazione Centrale and Brescia's Piazza della Vittoria.