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Fortezza Medicea di Siena
Medici Fortress of Siena
After the city had fallen first to the Spanish and then to the Florentines, in 1560 Cosimo I de’ Medici ordered the construction of a fortress having the principal task of serving as a garrison against possible attempts by the Sienese to regain their independence. The construction rises on the site [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Places of technology - Fortifications
- fortresses
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Places of technology - Fortifications
- fortresses
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Places
- Siena, Piazza della Libertà
Identifier
- urn:imss:place:700441
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/itineraries/biography/BaldassarreLanci.html
Providing country
- Italy