Urbino

Urbino is a city in the Marche in Italy, southwest of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site with a great cultural history during the Renaissance as the seat of Federico da Montefeltro. It has retained some of its picturesque medieval aspect on steep sloping ground, though tourists' carparks occupy the former fields below. Urbino is home to the University of Urbino, founded in 1564, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Urbino (see below)

Urbino as a city of art

Donato Bramante was born nearby, and witnessed Laurana's work going up while he was a youth. Raphael Santi was also born at Urbino, where his family's house is a museum-shrine. Others from Urbino: Bartolommeo Carusi, theologian and professor at Bologna and Paris; Federico Commandini (1509), mathematician; Bernardino Baldi (1533 — 1617), mathematician and writer; Polydore Vergil or Virgil (c. 1470 - 1555), chronicler in Englan

Related Topics:
Donato Bramante - Raphael Santi - Bernardino Baldi - Polydore Vergil

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