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Urbino <\/strong>(Urvinum Mataurense in Latin) is an Italian city of 15,528 inhabitants located in Marches. Since 1998, its historical center is one of the Italian UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong>s. It is the home of one of the oldest and most important universities in Europe<\/strong> (founded in 1506), the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”. Listing all the beauties of the city in such a short a space is impossible. But we can give advise about the some of the most famous cultural sites of the city:<\/p>\n House of Raffaello Sanzio<\/span><\/strong>
\nIt is located in a beautiful position between the Metauro Valley and the Foglia Valley and boasts an extensive artistic and cultural heritage, covering the whole Renaissance period<\/strong>.
\nThe origins of the first human settlement seem to be old; they go back, in fact, to prehistoric times.<\/p>\n![\"urbino5\"](\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/urbino5.jpg\")
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\nThis is the house where\u00a0 Raffaello\u2019s, Giovanni Santi,\u00a0 father was also born in the fourth decade of the fifteenth century, as it is shown by the plaque on the facade of the house. Raphael was born in 1483. In the small courtyard visitors can see the “rock” where father and son were used to prepare colours. Inside there are paintings, manuscripts and furnishings. Important it is the fresco of “Madonna and Child” in the room where the painter was born.<\/p>\n![\"urbino6\"](\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/urbino6.jpg\")
National Museum of Marches<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn the second half of the fifteenth century Urbino was transformed from a medieval village in the Renaissance city by the will of Duke Federico da Montefeltro. In the centre the Duke ordered the\u00a0 construction of the Palazzo. Its beautiful courtyard is one of the greatest examples of Renaissance architecture. Federico and his wife, Battista Sforza, gathered at the court some of the most famous of artists of that time, such as: Donato Bramante, Paolo Uccello, Leon Battista Alberti and Piero della Francesca. The gallery was established in the Palazzo Ducale in 1912.Among the absolute masterpieces of art history there preserved, we can mention: two of the most enigmatic works of Piero della Francesca, \u201cLa Flagellazione di Cristo\u201d and \u201cLa Madonna di Senigallia\u201d, and \u201cIl Miracolo dell\u2019Ostia Profanata\u201d by Paolo Uccello and the sublime \u201cMuta\u201d by Raffaello.<\/p>\n
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