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'''Delizia di Belriguardo''' (English: ''Delight of Belriguardo'') was an estate owned by [[wikipedia:Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Alfonso d'Este]], the Duke of [[Ferrara]], during the [[Renaissance]]. It was located in the [[Italy|Italian]] region of [[Romagna]].
'''Delizia di Belriguardo''' (English: ''Delight of Belriguardo'') was an estate owned by {{Wiki|Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Alfonso d'Este}}, the Duke of [[Ferrara]], during the [[Renaissance]]. It was located in the [[Italy|Italian]] region of [[Romagna]].


==History==
==History==
===Construction===
===Construction===
Built in 1435 by [[wikipedia:Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Niccolò III d'Este]] as a summer home, Belriguardo was continuously added to until it became one of the most celebrated palaces in Italy. It features stabling for five hundred horses, secret passages, stately corridors, marble loggias, box-lined gardens, and a chapel painted by Cosimo Tura.
Built in 1435 by {{Wiki|Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Niccolò III d'Este}} as a summer home, Belriguardo was continuously added to until it became one of the most celebrated palaces in Italy.
 
It featured stabling for five hundred horses, secret passages, stately corridors, marble loggias, box-lined gardens, and a chapel painted by {{Wiki|Cosimo Tura}}.


===Renaissance===
===Renaissance===
In 1506 the Duke's wife, [[Lucrezia Borgia]], discovered the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] had broken into the estate, evading [[guards]] on high alert. Lucrezia was able to summon assistance and Ezio escaped with only a single painting, [[wikipedia:Annunciation (Leonardo)|''The Annunciation'']] by [[Leonardo da Vinci]].
In 1506, the Duke's wife, [[Lucrezia Borgia]], discovered that the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] had broken into Belriguardo, evading the [[guards]] on high alert across the estate. Lucrezia was able to summon assistance, but Ezio escaped with one of her paintings, {{Wiki|Annunciation (Leonardo)|''The Annunciation''}} by [[Leonardo da Vinci]].


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Theone3.png|thumb|The palazzo gardens.]]
*The only banners within Belriguardo, and the only coat of arms worn by the guards, were those of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]]; despite them not owning the estate, and having long been disgraced.
*The only banners within the palazzo, and the only coat of arms worn by the guards, are those of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]]. However, the estate was not owned by the Borgia, and by this time had long been disgraced.
 
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==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="180">
Theone3.png|Belriguardo's gardens.
The-one-who-got-away-memory.png|Ezio at the gate to Belriguardo.
</gallery>


{{-}}
==Source==
==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''

Revision as of 09:06, 11 August 2012

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Delizia di Belriguardo (English: Delight of Belriguardo) was an estate owned by Alfonso d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara, during the Renaissance. It was located in the Italian region of Romagna.

History

Construction

Built in 1435 by Niccolò III d'Este as a summer home, Belriguardo was continuously added to until it became one of the most celebrated palaces in Italy.

It featured stabling for five hundred horses, secret passages, stately corridors, marble loggias, box-lined gardens, and a chapel painted by Cosimo Tura.

Renaissance

In 1506, the Duke's wife, Lucrezia Borgia, discovered that the Assassin Ezio Auditore had broken into Belriguardo, evading the guards on high alert across the estate. Lucrezia was able to summon assistance, but Ezio escaped with one of her paintings, The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci.

Trivia

  • The only banners within Belriguardo, and the only coat of arms worn by the guards, were those of the Borgia; despite them not owning the estate, and having long been disgraced.

Gallery

Source