🏛️ Historic Centre of Urbino
Renaissance masterpiece in Italy's Marche region
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- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed 1998
- Renaissance cultural center under the Montefeltro family in the 15th century
- Compact hilltop town in Marche region, northern Italy
- Contains Ducal Palace with National Gallery of Marche featuring works by Raphael and Piero della Francesca
The Historic Centre of Urbino represents one of Europe's finest achievements in Renaissance urban planning and artistic patronage. This small fortified hill town, located in Italy's Marche region, experienced extraordinary cultural and intellectual flowering during the 15th century under Duke Federico da Montefeltro. The entire center survives as a largely intact ensemble of Renaissance architecture, town design, and artistic treasures, recognized by UNESCO as having outstanding universal value ...