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| | The della Rovere. Piero della Francesca, Raphael, Titian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | The rule of the Della Rovere lords, who succeeded the Montefeltro in 1508, was essentially a long era of art and beauty. |
 | | While Federico di Montefeltro chose Urbino and Gubbio, Guidubaldo I particularly loved Fossombrone, Francesco Maria I Della Rovere preferred Pesaro, as did Guidubaldo II in addition to Senigallia, Francesco Maria II was fond of Casteldurante, later renamed Urbania in honour of Pope Urban VIII. |
 | | The two Della Rovere pontiffs, Sixtus IV (1471-1482) and Julius II (1503-1515), made the Dukedom of Urbino the centre from where they granted their favours. |
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