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    The Fortezza Medicea (Medici Fortress) of Volterra is built on the highest point of the hill overlooking the town. Despite its name, the origins of the...
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  • Piombino, 1552 Fortezza Medicea di Poggio Imperiale in Poggibonsi, 1488 Fortezza Medicea (Volterra), 1475 which includes the Fortezza Medicea restaurant This...
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    tower is from 1493. Volterra Baptistery or Baptistery of San Giovanni, built in the second half of the 13th century. Fortezza Medicea (Medicean Fortress)...
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    The Fortezza Medicea is an occasional restaurant in Volterra, Italy. It is housed in the town's Renaissance-era fortress (Fortezza Medicea, lit. 'Medician...
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    The Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo is a villa situated near the Tuscan town of Barberino di Mugello in the valley of the River Sieve, some 25 kilometres...
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    authoritarian tendencies. In 1534, he ordered construction of Florence’s Fortezza da Basso, “to secure the Medici’s control of the city following their recent...
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    Pontenano, Talla Castello di Valenzano, Subbiano Castelnuovo di Subbiano Fortezza Medicea, Arezzo Rocca del Girifalco, Cortona Rocca di Pierle, Cortona Province...
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    towers is probably modelled on a sketch by Robert Adam of the Fortezza Medicea at Volterra. Russell took advice from Elizabeth's brother Charles Tennyson...
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  • curtain wall, 6 bastions, 4 town gates and the well preserved citadel Fortezza Medicea. Bagnacavallo – two town gates remain. Bari – historically a walled...
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    Servi, Siena San Clemente basiica & monastery (IT) 13th – 16th century ↑ Volterra Fortezza Medicea 14th–15th century arcades supporting the balustrades...
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