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Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta
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Ferrara Rinascimentale
Cattedrale
Castello Estense
Teatro Comunale
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Amazingly intact, twisted mediaeval streets follow the course of a river that has long since disappeared. Palazzo Schifanoia shows the grandeur of its past in its magnificent ceilings and in the frescoes in the Sala dei Mesi. These depict scenes from the life of the Duke Borso and feature allegorical representations of the months combining to form one of the most elegant calendars in art of all time.
The centre is a meeting place surrounded by activity and style that is dominated by the buildings of the rich and powerful. There is the Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral that is like a story with Universal Judgement as its key and the Este Castle that blends the magnificence of its rooms with dark blood stained memories. The magnificent 18th century Teatro Comunale sits quietly amid the folk doing some window shopping or having a relaxed coffee or silently gliding by on their bicycles.
The best-known image must be that of the Renaissance period during which the Este family contributed greatly to the splendour of the city and left indelible traces of their heritage. Some examples would be the enormous “Herculean Addition” project that vastly enlarged the size of the city; the impressive art works from the 14th and 15th centuries and the Giudizio Universale by Bastianino.
The Renaissance lives on in the white marble and red brick courtyards, in the precisely formed angles where roads intersect at the Quadrivio degli Angeli, in the houses, churches, palaces and in the long spacious streets of the city.
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Renaissance city
Amazingly intact, twisted mediaeval streets follow the course of a river that has long since disappeared. Palazzo Schifanoia shows the grandeur of its past in its magnificent ceilings and in the frescoes in the Sala dei Mesi. These depict scenes from the life of the Duke Borso and feature allegorical representations of the months combining to form one of the most elegant calendars in art of all time.
The centre is a meeting place surrounded by activity and style that is dominated by the buildings of the rich and powerful. There is the Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral that is like a story with Universal Judgement as its key and the Este Castle that blends the magnificence of its rooms with dark blood stained memories. The magnificent 18th century Teatro Comunale sits quietly amid the folk doing some window shopping or having a relaxed coffee or silently gliding by on their bicycles.
The best-known image must be that of the Renaissance period during which the Este family contributed greatly to the splendour of the city and left indelible traces of their heritage. Some examples would be the enormous “Herculean Addition” project that vastly enlarged the size of the city; the impressive art works from the 14th and 15th centuries and the Giudizio Universale by Bastianino.
The Renaissance lives on in the white marble and red brick courtyards, in the precisely formed angles where roads intersect at the Quadrivio degli Angeli, in the houses, churches, palaces and in the long spacious streets of the city.