Word: urbino
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fame. Of all the artists flourishing in the 16th-Century Rome of Popes Julius II and Leo X-Perugino, Signorelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo-none was so gracious, so accomplished or so beloved as Raffaello Sanzio d'Urbino. The Church heaped favor, work and riches upon him. At 25 he was commissioned to do huge murals for the Pope's quarters in the Vatican. He became chief architect of Rome. Princely Cardinals and wealthy bankers sought him out to do their portraits or decorate their villas...
Guidobaldo, Duke of Urbino, escaped from Borgia's treachery with San Marinese help. Garibaldi saw an Austrian Army that was pursuing him halt at the Republic's frontiers. When the Fascist tide started rising in Italy, so many refugees were washed up on the mountain side that Italy threatened to take over San Marino. Instead, the Fascists tried for years to control its politics. Not until 1932 was there a pro-Fascist majority in the 60-man Grand Council. Not until Federico Gozi (whose family has run San Marino for years) and Salvatore Foschi were elected twin regents...