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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST 5 Urbino
Pèsaro. * 16,000. @ n Piazza
Practical Information Rinascimento (0722 26 13). ( Sat.
Piazza Duca Federico 13. ∑ turismo.pesarourbino.it
Tel 01991 511 23.
∑ turismo.marche.it Amid Urbino’s tangle of
Open 8:30am–2pm Mon, medieval and Renaissance
8:30am–7:15pm Tue–Sun. streets stands the Neo-Classical
Last adm: 60 mins before closing. Duomo, on Piazza Federico,
Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec.
& 7 = built in 1789. Of interest is the
painting of The Last Supper by
Transport Federico Barocci (c.1535–1612).
@ Piazza del Mercatale. The Museo Diocesano contains
a collection of ceramics, glass
. Studiolo and religious artifacts.
The former study of Federico da Urbino’s famous son, the
Montefeltro is decorated with painter Raphael (1483–1520),
intarsia (inlaid wood), some of it lived in the Casa Natale di
designed by Botticelli. Raffaello. It has a highly
evocative interior, especially
Duke Federico the kitchen and courtyard.
by Pedro
Berruguete In Via Barocci is the medieval
The duke, shown Oratorio di San Giuseppe,
with his son in known for its presepio (Christmas
this 15th-century crib), and the 14th-century
painting, was Oratorio di San Giovanni
always portrayed Battista, with its 15th-century
in left profile frescoes of the Crucifixion and
after an injury the Life of John the Baptist by
to his face. Giacomo and Lorenzo Salimbeni.
The 15th-century Fortezza
dell’Albornoz, on Viale Bruno
Buozzi, is the defensive focus of
Urbino’s surviving 16th-century
walls and bastions.
E Museo Diocesano
Piazza Pascoli 2. Tel 0722 48 18.
Open 9:30am–1pm, 2:30–6:30pm
Wed–Mon. &
P Casa Natale di Raffaello
Via di Raffaello 57. Tel 0722 32 01 05.
Open 9am–1pm, 3–7pm Mon–Sat
(Nov–Feb: 9am–2pm); 10am–1pm
Sun (& hols Mar–Oct). Closed 1 Jan,
25 Dec. &

Main
entrance

. La Muta by Raphael
The Mute Woman may be a
portrait of Maddalena Doni, A street scene in the medieval town
a Florentine noblewoman. of Urbino

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