what is urbino known for Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/what-is-urbino-known-for Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:59:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Ducal Palace URBINO, ITALY http://toursmaps.com/ducal-palace-urbino-italy.html http://toursmaps.com/ducal-palace-urbino-italy.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:59:57 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=221130 LUCIANO LAURANA In its stunning hillside setting the Ducal Palace at Urbino is the perfect Renaissance house. It was built for Federico da Montefeltro, a war leader who employed architect Luciano Laurana to design the ultimate princely residence. Most of the famous Italian palaces of the Renaissance are symmetrical buildings with formal facades that front onto city streets or squares. Urbino is different, set on a rise, and with long, meandering walls that follow the lie of the land. From the outside the palace looks big but plain. Reddish, clifflike walls built of locally made bricks rise high above the

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