Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece.
Città di Castello ; "Castle Town") is a city and comune in the province of Perugia, in the northern part of Umbria. It is situated on a slope of the Apennines, on the flood plain along the upper part of the river Tiber. The city is 56 km (35 mi) north of Perugia and 104 km (65 mi) south of Cesena on the motorway SS 3 bis. It is connected by the SS 73 with Arezzo and the A1 highway, situated 38 km (23 mi) west. The comune of Città di Castello has an exclave named Monte Ruperto within Marche.
Montone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km north of Perugia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.
The Diocese of Città di Castello is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve, in the central Italian region of Umbria.
Cristofano or Cristoforo Gherardi, also known as il Doceno, was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active mainly in Florence and Tuscany.
San Secondo may refer to:
Bianca Riario was an Italian noblewoman and regent, Marchioness of San Secondo by marriage to Troilo I de' Rossi, and regent of the marquisate and county of San Secondo for her son Pier Maria during his minority between 1521 and 1522. She was the eldest child and only daughter of Caterina Sforza by the latter's first husband, Girolamo Riario, a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV.
The House of Vitelli, among other families so named, were a prominent noble family of Umbria, rulers of Città di Castello and lesser rocche.
Niccolò Vitelli (1414–1486) was an Italian condottiero of the Vitelli family from Città di Castello.
Vitellozzo Vitelli was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Portrait of Camilla Gonzaga and Her Three Sons is a painting attributed to the Italian Mannerist artist Parmigianino and his workshop, executed around 1535–1537 and housed in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. It forms a pair with another painting in the Prado, the Portrait of Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo, Camilla's husband, a painting which is unanimously assigned to Parmigianino.
The Castello Bufalini is a castle-residence outside of the town of San Giustino, Province of Perugia, in the Region of Umbria, Italy.
The Pinacoteca Comunale ofCittà di Castello is the main museum of paintings and arts of Umbria Italian Region, alongside the Perugia's National gallery, and it's housed in a renaissance palace, generally preserved in its original form.
The County of Montone was a noble fiefdom in Italy, formed of the town of Montone and its territory. That territory was turned into a county by Antipope John XXIII on 28 August 1414 and granted by him to Braccio da Montone, a condottiero. Pope Martin V refounded it and on Braccio's death in 1424 confirmed it to Braccio's son Carlo. It was under the jurisdiction of the Papal States until 1519, when pope Leo X granted it to Vitello Vitelli, a member of the Vitelli family of Città di Castello. That family held it until 1573 and then from 1598 to 1646, when their line went extinct.
Vitello Vitelli was an Italian knight and condottiero. Born in Città di Castello and belonging to the Vitelli family, he was the son of Camillo. He became count of Montone and is notable as the first husband of Angela de' Rossi, member of the Rossi di Parma family. He had excellent military abilities and was one of the favourites of Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII. He died in Naples in 1528.
Camillo Vitelli was an Italian knight and condottiero of the Vitelli family. He was born in Città di Castello as the son of Niccolò, making him brother to Paolo, Giulio, Giovanni and Vitellozzo. He was also brother-in-law to Giampaolo Baglioni. He became marquess of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi and duke of Gravina in Puglia. In a battle near Lucera he became the first person to use an arquebus on horseback. He died in Circello and was the father of Vitello Vitelli, another condottiero.
Troilo I de' Rossi was an Italian condottiero and the first marquess of San Secondo.
Alessandro Vitelli was an Italian condottiero in the service of the Holy Roman Empire, the Papal States and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He was an illegitimate son of Paolo Vitelli and the second husband of Angela de' Rossi. He also became count of Montone, count of Citerna and lord of Amatrice. He was born in Città di Castello and died in Citerna.
Paolo II Vitelli was an Italian condottiero and cavalryman. A member of the Vitelli family, he was born in Città di Castello and died in Parma. He was the son of Angela de' Rossi and her second husband Alessandro Vitelli.
Giovanni de' Rossi was an Italian condottiero and the fifth count of San Secondo. He was nicknamed 'il diseredato'.
