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Following the restoration, the palace was opened to the public and used as a museum and palace of culture. Since 8 February 2008, the palace is managed by the "Genoa Palazzo Ducale Foundation for Culture". In addition to some commercial activities, it periodically hosts events, conferences and important art exhibitions. [5] [6]
In the game, one of the objectives is to get protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze to fly a hang-glider built for him by Leonardo da Vinci into the Palazzo Ducale in order to prevent a Templar plot to kill the current Doge, Giovanni Mocenigo. Though he arrives too late to prevent the Doge from being poisoned, he does manage to kill the assassin ...
The visit came about via Toronto City Council's CDN$1 million (~US$750,000 at the time) payment to NBC to have the U.S. national television program visit Toronto for a week of shows, part of the overall council-funded PR effort of promoting Toronto as a tourist destination for Americans in the wake of the widely publicized summer 2003 Severe ...
Grassi, R. (2008). "Palazzo ducale di Rivalta. Parco del benessere e Reggia del buon vivere". Strenna del Pio Istituto Artigianelli (in Italian): 193– 200. Baricchi, Walter; Cadoppi, Alberto (2016). Il Palazzo Ducale di Rivalta - La perduta Versailles reggiana (in Italian). Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia Pietro Manodori. p. 192.
The Ducal Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a Renaissance building in the Italian city of Urbino in the Marche. [1] One of the most important monuments in Italy, it is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998. [2]
Several palaces are named Ducal Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale [paˈlattso duˈkaːle]) because it was the seat or residence of a duke. Notable palaces with the name include: France
The fortress was restored and used as residence by Paolo Guinigi in 1401; after his fall in 1429 this was again partially dismantled and later became the Palazzo Pubblico ("Public Palace"). After a period as the residence of Duchess Elisa Baciocchi , it was the seat of the Lucchese state government until the Unification of Italy in 1861, when ...
The Palazzo Ducale di Mantova ("Ducal Palace") is a group of buildings in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy, built between the 14th and the 17th century mainly by the noble family of Gonzaga as their royal residence in the capital of their Duchy. The buildings are connected by corridors and galleries and are enriched by inner courts and wide ...