Pietro Perugino (1446–1524), born Pietro Vannucci, was the leading painter of the Umbrian school, who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael was his most famous pupil.
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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italianphilosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He is one of the main founders of modern political science.
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The Forte Spagnolo (Italian for Spanish fortress) of L'Aquila – commonly called "il Castello" by the Aquilans, is one of the most impressive Renaissance castles in central and southern Italy.
The fortress of Mondavio is one of the most important and interesting examples of design in the military by Francesco di Giorgio Martini in the Marche. It was built to the order of Giovanni della Rovere, together with other castles of the Duchy in the 15th century.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an 16th century Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.
Marsilio Ficino was an influential 15th century Italian humanist philosopher of the earlyItalian Renaissance.
Royal Palace of Caserta is a former royal residence in Caserta, southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It was the largest palace and one of the largest buildings erected in Europe during the 18th century. In 1997, the Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Norman Palace in Palermo was built from 9th to the 12th century. The palace contains the Cappella Palatina, by far the best example of the so-called Arab-Norman-Byzantine style that prevailed in the 12th-century Sicily.
San Giorgio Castle in Mantova was built from 1395 and finished in 1406 under commission by Francesco I Gonzaga, designed by Bartolino da Novara, one of the most renowned military architects of the time.
The Miramare Castle is a 19th century castle on the Gulf of Trieste near Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, later Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, to a design by Carl Junker.
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