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	Bergamo And Bartolommeo Colleoni
		Colleoni was by no means deficient in those foxlike qualities which were necessary to save the lion from the toils spread for him by Italian intriguers.
		While Colleoni was engaged in pacifying the revolted population of Bologna, the duke yielded to the suggestion of his parasites at Milan, who whispered that the general was becoming dangerously powerful.
		It was indeed no slight tribute to Colleoni's reputation for integrity that the jealous republic, which had signified its sense of Carmagnola's untrustworthiness by capital punishment, should have left him so long in the undisturbed disposal of their army.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles29/southern-europe-12.shtml (5323 words)

	Bartolomeo Colleoni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bartolomeo Colleoni (c- 1400 – November 2, 1475) was an Italian condottiere ("soldier of fortune").
		Colleoni was born at Solza, in the countryside of Bergamo (Lombardy), where he prepared his magnificent mortuary chapel, the Cappella Colleoni, in a shrine that he seized when it was refused him by the local confraternity, the Consiglio della Misericordia.
		Bartolomeo's father Paolo, seized the castle of Trezzo by wile and held it by force, until he was assassinated by his cousins, probably acting on order of Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bartolomeo_Colleoni (604 words)

	Illustrious People
		Colleoni fought under Sforza for Venice in 1448, but it was not until the Peace of Lodi in 1454 settled the interminable wars between the Republic and Milan that he was offered the command-in-chief; it was thereafter Venice's chief concern to prevent his going off in search of wars elsewhere.
		In part this was through the completion of the superb Cappella Colleoni (Bergamo), designed by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (it had been begun in 1472), and the erection in it of his elaborate tomb, topped in 1500 by his life-size effigy on horseback in gilded wood.
		Colleoni had fought and lived on a grand scale (and had enjoyed the display of his emblem: a set of coglioni - testicles), but if he was the state's benefactor, he was also its servant.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /database/glossary/illustri/colleoni.html (525 words)

	Turismo&Provincia
		Colleoni made demolished by his soldiers the sacristy of S. Maria Maggiore, in spite of the refuse of the canonical people of the basilica.
		A cultured and modern man, Colleoni designed a monument that, placed in the heart of the urban space, would have determined new perspectives (for this reason since 1474 the demolition of the Palazzo della Ragione was established.
		Thus, the octagonal tambour of the chapel and the pointed pinnacle of the lantern refer to the fanciful end of the basilica, while the exuberant polychromy of the façade recalls, for the colours and the materials, the portal of the basilica by Giovanni da Campione of the fourteenth-century.
	www.apt.bergamo.it /L_inglese/Cappella_colleoni_inglese.htm (403 words)

	Lombardy Bergamo Alta La Cappella Colleoni - Colleoni Chapel
		The Cappella Colleoni was built in 1472 when Bartolomeo Colleoni, famous “condottiero” of the Serenissima and Captain of the Venetian army, decided to build his own mausoleum.
		Thus, the octagonal tambour of the chapel and the pointed pinnacle of the lantern refer to the fanciful end of the basilica, while the exuberant polychromy of the façade recalls, for the colors and the materials, the portal of the basilica by Giovanni da Campione of the fourteenth-century.
		In the interior, the Colleoni monumental grave presents two overlapped sarcophagi inserted in a triumphal arch, a re-elaboration of the monumental gothic graves whose characters, that belong more distinctly to the Renaissance are in any case recognizable in the bas relieves and in the sculptures, a testimony of the extraordinary plastic capacities of Amadeo.
	www.aaanetserv.com /turismo/lombardia/bergamo_4.html (531 words)

	Cape Spada
		The two units, part of of the Second Division, were the light cruisers Bande Nere and Colleoni of the Di Giussano class and left Tripoli on the evening of July 17th, 1940.
		While transferring, in the morning of July 19th, the Bande Nere and Colleoni met several British destroyers of the Second Flotilla off the island of Crete and went into pursuit (Hyperion, Ilex, Hero, and Hasty).
		Captain Umberto Novaro of the Colleoni was rescued, but died of severe wounds four days later in Alexandria where he was buried with full military honors, with Captain Collins of the Sydney being one of the officers baring the coffin.
	www.regiamarina.net /battles/capespada/capespada_us.htm (416 words)

	sehepunkte - Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften - 4 (2004), Nr. 9
		The first chapter is dedicated to the patron and donor, Bartolomeo Colleoni, and to the designer, the Lombard architect and sculptor Giovanni Antonio Amadeo.
		The programme identified by Kohl is dominated by Colleoni's need of self-representation as champion not only of "virtus" but also of "fortuna"; its main objective is to perpetuate the condottiere's fame, especially in view of the fact that with his death this branch of the Colleoni family became extinct.
		Bartolomeo Colleonis Grabkapelle, Berlin: Akademie Verlag 2004, in: sehepunkte 4 (2004), Nr.
	www.sehepunkte.de /2004/09/5682 (1222 words)

	Cape Spada. HMAS Sydney at her finest
		It was now seen that the Bartolomeo Colleoni was damaged to the extent of reducing her speed, and with the closer range her punishment increased.
		Leaving Hyperion, Ilex and Havoc to finish off Bartolomeo Colleoni, the Sydney continued the chase with Hasty and Hero, but the Giovanni Delle Bande Nere had too much speed and drew gradually away in the smoke laden Mediterranean haze, and the chase was abandoned at 1037.
		Meanwhile, the Bartolomeo Colleoni, torpedoed by Ilex and Hyperion, had rolled over and sunk at 0959, having previously been abandoned by those of her company not killed in the battle.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/cape-spada.htm (1263 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bartolomeo Colleoni (Italian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Bartolomeo Colleoni[bArtOlOme´O kOl-lAO´nE] Pronunciation Key, 1400–1475, Italian soldier of fortune.
		A condottiere, Colleoni fought in the wars between Venice and Milan, often changing sides and distrusted by both.
		The beautiful Colleoni Chapel is in his native city, Bergamo, and the celebrated equestrian statue of him by Verrocchio is in Venice.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Colleoni.html (183 words)

	Colleoni Chapel- Bergamo, Italy - VirtualTourist.com
		Capella Colleoni is annexed to Basilica de Santa Maria de Magiorre located at the old Piazza del Duomo in the Citta Alta. The chapel was built many years ago, 1476 to be exact, by a military hero and a native of Bergamo, Bartolomeo Colleoni.
		Adjoining Santa Maria Maggiore is the Capella Colleoni in early Renaissance style, with a lavishly decorated marble facade, built in XVth century to house the tomb of the condottiero Bartolomeo Colleoni.
		It was built in 1472 by Bartolomeo Colleoni as a funeral chapel for himself.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Lombardy/Bergamo-155701/Things_To_Do-Bergamo-Colleoni_Chapel-R-1.html (1177 words)

	Colleoni Monument, Venice
		The figure itself bears no resemblance to the real Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-75) but is an evocation of what the "condottier" should ideally look like - proud and conscious of his power.
		Colleoni had commanded the land forces of the Republic, thus managing to amass a huge fortune.
		On his deathbed he bequeathed all his possessions to the State on the condition that a monument to his memory be erected "in front of San Marco".
	www.planetware.com /venice/colleoni-monument-i-vn-vmnc.htm (167 words)

	Caffe' del tasso
		The Chapel, built by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo and commissioned from Bartolomeo Colleoni as his own tomb, is considered one of the leading works of the Lombardy artists.
		The chapel, started in 1470 and completed in 1476, was built on the site of the ancient demolished vestry of S. Maria Maggiore in a square plan for the tomb and a smaller area with the altar.
		Inside are the monumental Colleoni tomb, which is gothic but has been reinterpreted in renaissance style and the tomb of Medea Colleoni, the daughter of Bartolomeo, who died in 1470.
	www.caffedeltasso.it /colleoni-uk.htm (139 words)

	Bartolomeo Colleoni — FactMonster.com
		, Colleoni fought in the wars between Venice and Milan, often changing sides and distrusted by both.
		In 1454 he deserted Milan for the last time and became generalissimo of Venice, a post he held until his death.
		The beautiful Colleoni Chapel is in his native city, Bergamo, and the celebrated equestrian statue of him by
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0812881.html (109 words)

	Condottieri and the Great Equestrian Statues and Paintings of Renaissance Italy
		Antipodean connection - 500 years later, in 1940, the Italian battle cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni was engaged and sunk by the Australian battle cruiser HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean.
		The equestrian statue of Condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400 - 1475 (75)) who was a native of
		Colleoni paid for the statue in his will, on the condition that it was erected in front of San Marco.
	www.paradoxplace.com /Insights/Equestrian/Equestrians.htm (2278 words)

	Page 1 - Bartolomeo Colleoni feature - Military Modelling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I spotted this 1:5 scale bust of Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-1475) at Euro Militaire 1999 and was struck by the sheer size and interesting character of the subject, but I didn't have a clue about the character, or indeed, Italian medieval soldiers in general.
		This is a typical case of me liking the subject and ploughing on regardless, but thankfully the aforementioned instruction sheet gives a potted history of Colleoni and his exploits and discusses the various references in the form of portraits and sculptures which were clearly important in the sculpting of the bust.
		Following the description of Colleoni, 'he had very dark brown, almost fl-looking eyes,' and so a dark brown pupil was added using Humbrol Colours Black 33 and Scarlet 60 to mix this.
	www.militarymodelling.com /features/feature23/index.html (895 words)

	Malpaga's castle - description
		On the ruins of the old castle Bartolomeo Colleoni built his mansion that was finished in the 1458, but the works of embellishment continued still for a decade.
		The Colleoni died in the 1475 at the age of 80 years and his castle and the other possessions that he had have left to the sons.
		In the upper floor you can find many other of it, among which those of the hall of receipt, told also salon of the daughters of the Colleoni, that are among the most beautiful and they go up again to the half of the XVI century.
	www.majorana.org /progetti/castelli/malpag23.htm (573 words)

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		The Allied squadron was commanded by the Australian Captain John Collins in the light cruiser HMAS Sydney and included the destroyers Havock, Hyperion, Hasty, Ilex and Hero, while the Italian 2nd Cruiser Division was commanded by Rear Admiral Ferdinando Casardi and consisted of the high-speed light cruisers Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and Bartolomeo Colleoni.
		In the running battle which followed, Bartolomeo Colleoni was hard hit by Sydney and after a shell hit the rudder (at 09:23) she stopped dead in the water.
		She fought on but was unable to manoeuvre and she was sunk by torpedoes from Ilex and Hyperion at 09:59.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/512-30366.aspx (244 words)

	Monumento a Bartolomeo Colleoni - Carnival of Venice 2007 - Venice Carnival 2007 - Carneval de Venise 2007
		Colleoni, a condottiere from Bergamo who was in the service of Venice, died in 1475 and left all his possessions to the Republic.
		A clause in his will stipulated that a funeral monument should be erected in St. Mark’s, while his body should be buried in the famous Colleoni Chapel which he had built in Bergamo.
		Due to a deliberate misunderstanding by the Signoria, the equestrian monument was erected outside the School of St. Mark.
	www.carnivalofvenice.com /luoghi.asp?id=87 (177 words)

	wrecks greece bartolomeo colleoni
		The Bartolomeo Colleoni was an Italian light cruiser of the Condottieri class, di Giussano type.
		The Colleoni was hit by HMS Sydney's gunfire and could no longer manoeuvre: the destroyers got close and finished the Colleoni by torpedoes.
		Il Colleoni fu colpito dal fuoco d'artiglieria dell' HMAS Sidney, e non fu più in grado di manovrare: i cacciatorpediniere serrarono le distanze e finirono il Colleoni con i siluri.
	www.sportesport.it /wrecksGR041.htm (375 words)

	COLLEONI BARTOLOMEO - CONDOTTIERO
		Bartolomeo Colleoni è passato alla storia come uno dei capitani di ventura più intraprendenti del sec.
		Siamo nel 1442, il Piccinino invidioso del Colleoni lo mette in cattiva luce presso il duca che crede nella calunnia; Bartolomeo è catturato a Pontremoli portato in catene a Piacenza e poi a Monza.
		Colleoni fu un innovatore nell'arte militare di allora, oltre al citato trasporto di navi via terra, usò per la prima volta le armi da fuoco nella battaglia di Molinella a Ricciardina nel 1466;
	www.cronologia.it /storia/biografie/colleon.htm (1037 words)

	iDC Rome: The Marcus Aurelius Rides Again
		Upon his death, Bartolommeo Colleoni, an esteemed Venetian military captain, left a bequest to the Venice with the requirement that the city create an equestrian monument of him.
		The Colleoni monument was also a major techical achievement.
		Aided by a Venetian bronze founder, Verrocchio managed to lift the horse’s left leg in the air, placing him in a position reminescent of the horse ridden by Marcus Aurelius.
	www.idcrome.org /marcslide7.htm (121 words)

	Venice (Italy) - MSN Encarta
		Farther north, near the lagoon, is the 15th-century Church of San Giovanni in Bragora, a domed and columned edifice in the Italian Gothic style and once the funeral church of the doges.
		In its vicinity is the greatest monument in Venice, the 15th-century equestrian statue of the Venetian general Bartolomeo Colleoni, the work of the Florentine artist Andrea del Verrocchio.
		The same section is the site of the Arsenal, a former center of shipbuilding, and public gardens.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562189/Venice_(Italy).html (1497 words)

	Colleoni - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Condottieri, leaders of the Italian mercenary armies that participated in the almost incessant warfare among the Italian states in the 14th and 15th...
		Verrocchio, Andrea del : sculptures: statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
		In the rear of the Doges’ Palace is the famous Bridge of Sighs, which connects the palace with public prisons and was the route by which prisoners...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Colleoni (127 words)

	Cappella Colleoni \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Bergamo \| Frommers.com
		Bartolomeo Colleoni was a Bergamese condottiere (captain)who fought for Venice to maintain the Venetian stronghold on the city.
		In return for his labors, the much-honored soldier was given Bergamo to rule for the republic.
		The pink-and-white marble exterior, laced with finely sculpted columns and loggias, is airy and almost whimsical; inside, the soldier and his favorite daughter, Medea, lie beneath a ceiling frescoed by Tiepolo and surrounded by reliefs and statuary; here, Colleoni appears on horseback again atop his marble tomb.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/bergamo/A26177.html (281 words)

	Statua di Colleoni - Venice - visitor information, travel planning, sites, activities, events
		The story goes that upon his death, Colleoni left his considerable fortune to the Venetian Republic on the condition that Venice erect a statue to him in front of the San Marco Basilica.
		A magnificent bronze equestrian statue of military leader Bartolomeo Colleoni, it was designed by Andrea Verrochio but completed by Alessandro Leopardi in 1490 after Verronchio's death.
		Verronchio had never seen Colleoni, so instead, he created a statue that is almost more a monument to military glory and power than one celebrating the famous mercenary.
	www.homeandabroad.com /viewSiteDetails.ha?mainInfoId=65189 (288 words)

	Bartolomeo Colleoni - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A condottiere, Colleoni fought in the wars between Venice and Milan, often changing sides and distrusted by both.
		The beautiful Colleoni Chapel is in his native city, Bergamo, and the celebrated equestrian statue of him by Verrocchio is in Venice.
		For permission to reuse this article, contact Copyright Clearance Center.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Colleoni.html (433 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot - Loss Of HMAS Sydney
		Captain Joseph Burnett RAN succeeded Captain Collins in May 1941 and at the age of 41, he was in command the afternoon SYDNEY met the KORMORAN seven months later.
		HMAS SYDNEY’s moment of glory was on 19 July, 1940 when she tackled two of the fastest cruisers in the world and sank one.
		She concentrated on the BAR TOLOMEO COLLEONI, which soon lost speed and dropped astern of her companion, tn fire and down by the bows.
	www.gunplot.net /sydneyww2/sydneymystery2.html (2524 words)

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