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Urbino: Palazzo Ducale

Italy’s most beautiful Renaissance palace was built
for Duke Federico da Montefeltro, ruler of Urbino
(1444–82). He was a soldier, but also a man of the
arts, and his palace, with its library, paintings and
refined architecture, is a tribute to courtly life
and to the artistic and intellectual ideals of the
Renaissance. The Palazzo Ducale houses the
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche.

. The Flagellation by Piero
della Francesca
Dramatic perspective creates an unsettling
effect in this 15th-century painting of the
scourging of Christ.

The palace rising
above Urbino

KEY
1 The library was one of Europe’s
largest in its day.
2 The simple east side of the
palace was designed by Maso di
Bartolomeo before 1460.
3 Towers attributed to Laurana
4 The Ideal City, attributed to
Luciano Laurana, is a 15th-century
painting of an imaginary Renaissance
city. The piece is notable for its mea-
sured perspective and lack of people.
Cortile d’Onore
5 Hanging garden This early Renaissance
6 The rooms in this wing are known courtyard was designed by
as the Appartamento della Duchessa. the Dalmatian-born artist
Luciano Laurana (1420–79).
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp569–73 and pp590–96

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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Starsight template “UK” LAYER
(Source v2.2)
Date 23rd October 2012
Size 125mm x 217mm