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	History of Milan
		It was under their rule that began the construction of the Duomo in 1386 (that then became the symbol of the city) and of the Castle Porta Giovia (then destroyed y rebuilt by Francesco Sforza and still nowadays known as Sforza Castle).
		When the last Visconti duke Filippo Maria died in 1447 there were three brief years of republican rule then, in 1450 Francesco Sforza, his son-in-law, assumed the Castle and the power of the Visconti family and Milan finally got peace after many years of war against Venice and Florence.
		During the war Milan was destroyed.At the end of World War II Lombardy was instrumental in the boom that transformed Italy from a relatively backward, agricultural country to an industrial world leader.
	www.aboutmilan.com /history-of-milan.html (1521 words)

	Tarot as Cosmograph
		The popularity of tarot in Milan declined greatly in the 17th century, and the decks used in Milan (and throughout northern Italy) in the 18th and 19th centuries are variants of the Tarot de Marseille, reintroduced to Italy from France early in the 18th century.
		Sforza, Francesco: fourth duke of Milan, reigning from 1450 to 1466.
		Visconti, Filippo Maria: third duke of Milan, reigning from 1416 to 1447.
	www.tarothermit.com /glossary.htm (2525 words)

	Famous People of Milan
		Giuseppe Verdi died in Milan on the 27th of the January 1901 and he was burried in the Home for Musicians he himself founded.
		Born in Milan, he was one of the great authors of the 20th century.
		Ottone Visconti, 1207–95, was archbishop of Milan and after he had defeated the opposition of the Della Torre family he was recognized (1277) as lord of the city.
	www.aboutmilan.com /milanese-famous-people.html (1983 words)

	Art and Culture of Milan: from the past to the contemporary
		From the 14th to the middle of 15th centuries Milan came under the family Visconti and in the 1447 the Sforza family took the power and Milan became the capital of the dukedom of Milan.
		The most important work of this period, in Milan, is The Cathedral, (the heart of the city) that remains also as the most famous example of gothic art in Italy.
		In fact Leonardo da Vinci was appointed by Ludovico il Moro "pictor ducalis" painter of the duke and he created the greatest work of the Renaissance period "The Last Supper" which is located in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, while all his sketches are in the "Leonardo da Vinci Science and Technology Museum".
	www.aboutmilan.com /art-and-culture-of-milan.html (1413 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci \| Renaissance Man
		In search of new challenges and the big bucks, he entered the service of the Duke of Milan in 1482, abandoning his first commission in Florence, "The Adoration of the Magi".
		The Duke kept Leonardo busy painting and sculpting and designing elaborate court festivals, but he also put Leonardo to work designing weapons, buildings and machinery.
		His Milan workshop was a veritable hive of activity, buzzing with apprentices and students.
	www.mos.org /leonardo/bio.html (1231 words)

	Amazon.com: "Duke of Milan": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Later, in the war fought against Filippo Visconti Duke of Milan, when she had to put to the test her economic ability and not her own arms (which by then had...
		The Duke of Milan and the Pope are recruiting mercenaries for the Naples war: we have well-trained lances on reserve pay who have only...
		Maria, Duke of Milan, was bent on winning back the lands of his father Giangaleazzo,...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Duke-of-Milan (380 words)

	Milan - LoveToKnow 1911
		In shape Milan is a fairly regular polygon, and its focus is the splendid Piazza del Duomo, from which a number of broad modern streets radiate in all directions.
		Milan has a royal scientific and literary academy with a faculty of philosophy, a royal technical institute, a school of veterinary science, a royal school of agriculture, a polytechnic with the Bocconi commercial school (founded 1898) and numerous other learned and educational institutions.
		Milan is also a centre of the export trade in cheese; chocolate, biscuits, andc., are also manufactured.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Milan (4982 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Milan
		After Charlemagne, Milan was the seat of counts, whose authority however, was overshadowed by the prestige of the archbishops, foremost among whom was Ansperto da Biassono (869-81), who fortified the town and adorned it with beautiful buildings.
		In 1059 Nicholas II sent to Milan St. Peter Damian and the same Anselmo, at which the people murmured, demanding that the church of Milan be not subject to that of Rome.
		Councils were held at Milan in 343 and 347, against Photinus; in the cause of St. Athanasius, at which the Emperor Constans menaced the bishops; 390, against Jovinian; 451, against the Robber Council of Ephesus; 680, against the Monothelites; 1060, 1098, 1117, 1287, for ecclesiastical reforms.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10298a.htm (3509 words)

	Milan - MSN Encarta
		Milan also has excellent museums of art, historical events, and natural history; the Institute for the Study of International Politics; the world-famous Teatro alla Scala opera house; a noted conservatory of music; and several universities.
		In 1162 Milan was razed by troops under Emperor Frederick I. The city recovered sufficiently to help secure the victory (1176) of the Lombard League over Frederick near Legnano.
		The reign of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, 1st duke of Milan (1351-1402), was a particularly prosperous period and was regarded as a golden age.
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	Columbia Encyclopedia- Milan - AOL Research & Learn
		Probably of Celtic origin, Milan was conquered by Rome in 222 B.C. In later Roman times it was the capital ( 305–402) of the Western Empire and the religious center of N Italy.
		Milan was severely damaged by the Huns (c.450) and again by the Goths (539) and was conquered by the Lombards in 569.
		Milan suffered from internal warfare between rich and poor, from the Guelph and Ghibelline strife, and from the enmity of rival cities, which assisted Emperor Frederick I in destroying it (1163).
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/milan/20051206220309990022 (598 words)

	SFORZA, Francesco (Site not responding. Last check: )
		(1401–66), duke of Milan, son of Giacomuzzo Sforza (1369–1424), founder of the Sforza dynasty of Milan.
		He joined the service of the duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti (1392–1447), and in 1441 married the duke's daughter, Bianca Maria Visconti (1423–68).
		At the death of the duke, struggles to control Milan ensued until, in 1450, Francesco seized the city.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..sf091600.a#FWNE.fw..sf091600.a (146 words)

	Chapter Dufarge <i>to</i> Dun Cow of D by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		Duke (My lord), a duke’s servant, who assumes the airs and title of his master, and is addressed as “Your grace,” or “My lord duke.” He was first a country cowboy, then a wigmaker’s apprentice, and then a duke’s servant.
		Duke of Milan, a tragedy by Massinger (1622).
		He was called duke from the splendour of his dress, the profusion of his table, and the magnificence of his deportment.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1114/14658/1.html (529 words)

	SparkNotes: Italian Renaissance (1330-1550): Venice and Milan (1300-1499)
		Though Ludovico was not the rightful duke of Milan and was known to use coercion and manipulation to achieve his political goals, for a time the city of Milan flourished in his care.
		Under Ludovico, known as 'Il Moro,' Milan was extraordinarily wealthy and its citizens participated in a splendid and excessive social culture.
		Due to Milan's location along trade lines and as the gateway to Northern Italy, Milan's existence as a powerful city-state was precarious and subject to challenge at all times if not maintained authoritatively.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/renaissance1/section5.rhtml (1411 words)

	R e n a i s s a n c e > Politics > City of Milan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His historical claim to fame was his broadening of trade in Milan and his improvement of the city.
		Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan: son of Francesco.
		What made him a monster was his raping of the wives and daughters of the nobles of Milan and his sadistic love of torturing people to death.
	library.thinkquest.org /C006522/politics/cmilan.php (301 words)

	Sforza. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		His illegitimate son, Francesco I Sforza (see separate article), became duke of Milan in 1450 through his marriage to Bianca Maria Visconti, daughter of the last Visconti duke of Milan.
		In the Italian Wars Milan was claimed by Louis XII of France, great-grandson of Gian Galeazzo Visconti.
		Ludovico lost Milan to Louis in 1499, but in 1512 the Swiss, as members of the Holy League against France, stormed Milan and installed Ludovico’s son, Massimiliano Sforza, 1493–1530, as its duke.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sf/Sforza.html (646 words)

	The Birth of the Tarot
		In 1450, the newly installed Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza, wrote a letter to one of his underlings requesting the purchase of several packs of triumph cards for use at court on a special occasion.
		Since the first mentions from Milan and Ferrara use the phrase "triumph cards" without explanation, it is fair to assume the cards were already generally known in those cities in the 1440s.
		This is consistent with the evidence of the oldest surviving cards themselves, which art historians have dated to the reign of Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan from 1412 to 1447.
	www.tarothermit.com /birth.htm (858 words)

	Milan (Lombardy, Italy)
		An Alaman knight bore the Imperial standard on the right of the future Duke and Ottone Mandello, a knight, bore the standard of the viper, symbol of the Visconti family, quartered with the imperial eagle.
		The Biscione (grass snake), symbol of Visconti family (and then of other Milan prides such Alfa Romeo or Inter Football Club) comes from Longobard totem: the blue drake meaning power, loyalty, surveillance and the man in its jaws represents Visconti’s enemies that the snake is always ready to destroy.
		Of course, the first flag represented FC Liverpool whereas the St. George's cross is also the flag of the city of Milan (said to be older than the Crusades and therefore predating the English flag, shocking!).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/it-lom-m.html (941 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci in Milan - Art and Science Museum - Matthaes Foundation
		The most important of these is the “Treatise on Painting”, the collection of thousands of sheets on which he jotted down notes and thoughts, often illustrated by sketches, capable of having a greater impact on art than his paintings or mechanical studies themselves.
		It is significant that he considered the works of nature superior to those of man, whilst contemporary art places great value on the artist’s creativity and works.
		In 1483 Leonardo presented himself to the Duke of Milan, offering his services as an expert in military and industrial machines, engineer of navigable canals, painter, architect, sculptor and master of revels.
	www.leonardodavincimilano.com /index-en.htm (563 words)

	Marziano da Tortona: Inventor of the Tarot?
		Marziano da Tortona served as secretary to duke Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan.
		Some time around 1415 (date not entirely certain, but not later than 1420), the young duke (he was in his early twenties, having assumed the title in 1412 at the age of 20) directed Marziano to devise a card game according to the duke's instructions.
		In 1449, after the duke had died, a Venetian captain named Marcello (in alliance with Francesco Sforza in the attempt to capture Milan) heard of the enormous value of these cards and "acquired" them from the duke's estate and had them sent to the queen of Lorraine as a present.
	www.tarothermit.com /marziano.htm (955 words)

	Milano Duomo
		Very few churches in Italy took such a long time to build as Milan's towering Gothic Cathedral.
		of styles that are a characteristic of Milan's Cathedral.
		at Condoglia di Mergozzo near Verbania in Val d'Ossola to the centre of Milan, was used according to the specific desire
	www.milanoduomo.com (336 words)

	Travel for Kids: Milan, Italy
		Leonardo da Vinci came to Milan to the court of the Duke Ludovico Sforza.
		Giardini Pubblici – This is oldest park in Milan, and although it's not huge, it's a green spot to run around, have a sandwich, and relax.
		Engaging bio of Leonardo da Vinci – his fascination with nature as a child, busy years working for the Duke of Milan, in which Leonardo painted, organized pageants, designed costumes and heating systems, and constructed "the Great Horse," an equestrian monument of the Duke's father.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Italy/milan.htm (825 words)

	Da Vinci's Letter to the Duke of Milan
		Da Vinci's Letter to the Duke of Milan
		to the Duke of Milan Applying for a Position
		I can construct bridges which are very light and strong and very portable, with which to pursue and defeat the enemy; and others more solid, which resist fire or assault, yet are easily removed and placed in position; and I can also burn and destroy those of the enemy.
	www.yuricareport.com /Institute/DaVinciLetter.html (525 words)

	Search Results for Milan
		Chiara became pregnant but, before she was due to give birth, the plague hit Milan and she was persuaded to leave the city for the relative safety of nearby Pavia to stay with wealthy friends of Fazio.
		As public lecturer of mathematics at the Piatti Foundation in Milan, he was aware of the problem of solving cubic equations, but, until the contest, he had taken Pacioli at his word and assumed that, as Pacioli stated in the Suma published in 1494, solutions were impossible.
		Rosellini left Milan and went to Turin where he became a member of the Parliament of the Italian Kingdom from 1849 to 1850, then, still in Turin, he was director of the magazine "La Croce dei Savoia" from 1853.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Search/historysearch.cgi?SUGGESTION=Milan&CONTEXT=1 (4070 words)

	Characters: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
		Duke of Milan: Sylvia’s father, the duke of Milan plans to wed his daughter to Thurio, but, in the end, he recognizes Valentine’s bravery and honor, and grants to him his daughter’s hand.
		Valentine: A young gentleman of Verona, Valentine is a good friend to Proteus and one who “after honor hunts.” In Milan he falls in love with Sylvia and, after numerous setbacks, wins her heart and her hand.
		Silvia: The duke of Milan’s beautiful and high-spirited daughter, Sylvia is sought after by a number of eligible gentlemen.
	www.bard.org /Education/resources/shakespeare/twogentschar.html (260 words)

	ACIS / Resources / While You're Away / Freetime / Milan
		The Duomo, in the heart of Milan, is one of Italy’s largest freestanding cathedrals and one of the largest gothic structures in the world.
		It was begun in 1386 by Galeazzo Visconti III, the first Duke of Milan, consecrated in 1577, and finished entirely in 1897.
		Milan’s ruler, Francesco Sforzesco, built Castello Sforzesco, the Renaissance Palace of Milan.
	www.acis.com /resources/ontrip/freetime/milan.cfm (306 words)

	Pierre Milan ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Castella, born in Milan in 1952, uses a large format camera and digital printing technology to create urban landscapes that investigate the commonalities and differences between cities of the Western world, from Amsterdam to Naples.
		Milan, a city whose origins are in an Ancient Roman fortification superimposed over a Celtic settlement, offers dense layers of evidence of dominant political factions and conquering cultures.
		The evolution of his works, from the early 1990s to the present, has led him to abandon the concept of the "ideal" in abstract painting, which in the history of art is always somehow connected with a "psychological condition", in an attempt to giv...
	wwar.com /masters/m/milan-pierre.html (1599 words)

	Da Vinci Condotta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He returned to Milan in 1506 at the request of its French governor, became court painter to King Louis XII of France (living in Milan at the time), and split his time between Florence and Milan for the next six years.
		Milan was under constant pressure from France, and subject to invasion and the fear of invasion; there was also the usual tensions between the many Italian city-states that often broke out into war.
		The primary foe of Milan in this period was the French Ordonnance (#178).
	www.umiacs.umd.edu /~kuijt/dba169x/dba169x.html (1680 words)

	Duomo \| Milan Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		This intricate Gothic structure has been fascinating and exasperating visitors and conquerors alike since it was begun by Galeazzo Visconti III (1351-1402), first duke of Milan, in 1386.
		As you stand among the forest of marble pinnacles, remember that virtually every inch of this gargantuan edifice, including the roof itself, is decorated with precious white marble dragged from quarries near Lake Maggiore by Duke Visconti's team along road laid fresh for the purpose and through the newly dredged canals.
		Inspection and possible repair of 12 of the northern spires means the facade facing the piazza may be shrouded in scaffolding through most of 2005, although as individual sections are restored, some scaffolding comes down.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=milan@103&cur_section=sig&property_id=67244 (531 words)

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