Historic Centre of Urbino
Province of Pesaro, Marche Region
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Identifier |
828 |
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states |
it |
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category |
cultural |
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criteria |
(ii)(iv) |
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Title |
historic centre of urbino |
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latitude |
43.7249984741 |
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longitude |
12.6333303452 |
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location |
province of pesaro, marche region |
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Region |
europe and north america |
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year |
1998 |
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unique number |
977 |
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description |
the small hill town of urbino, in the marche, experienced a great cultural flowering in the 15th century, attracting artists and scholars from all over italy and beyond, and influencing cultural developments elsewhere in europe. owing to its economic and cultural stagnation from the 16th century onwards, it has preserved its renaissance appearance to a remarkable extent. |
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justification |
criterion (ii): during its short cultural pre-eminence, urbino attracted some of the most outstanding humanist scholars and artists of the renaissance, who created there an exceptional urban complex of remarkable homogeneity, the influence of which carried far into the rest of europe.
criterion (iv): urbino represents a pinnacle of renaissance art and architecture, harmoniously adapted to its physical site and to its medieval precursor in an exceptional manner. |
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