Pesaro

So moving on, uh, where do we go next, Ger?

From Lecco down, did we ma- make our way down to, uh, Po- Pescara, Pesaro? Yeah, so we had a good spin down, down the next day.

It was a str- even though we're on back roads, it was lots of straight runs, wasn't it?

Yeah.

The, the, the practice, first practice would've been on the Friday.

Second practice, we were, were going to on the Saturday.

Um, but we were probably 30 klicks south of that in Pesaro, a lovely city.

Uh, we made our way down there.

The King, however, having acquired Lombardy, regained at once the authority which Charles had lost.

Genoa yielded, the Florentines became his friends, the Marquis of Mantua, the Duke of Ferrara, the Bentivogli, My Lady of Forli, the Lords of Faenza, of Pesaro, of Rimini, of Camerino, of Piombino, the Lucchesi, the Pisans, the Sienese—everybody made advances to him to become his friend.

Then could the Venetians realize the rashness of the course taken by them, which, in order that they might secure two towns in Lombardy, had made the King master of two-thirds of Italy.

Let any one now consider with what little difficulty the King could have maintained his position in Italy, had he observed the rules above laid down, and kept all his friends secure and protected.

grace.Having thus acquired credit and fame at that court, he resolved to make himself known in other places.

Wherefore he went to Pesaro and Ancona, whence, in the very thick of his work, he was summoned by Duke Borso to Ferrara, where he painted many apartments in his palace, which were afterwards destroyed by Duke Ercole the Elder in the renovation of the palace.

Insomuch that there is nothing by the hand of Piero left in that city, save a chapel wrought in fresco in San Agostino, and even that has been injured by damp.

Afterwards, being summoned to Rome, he painted two scenes for Pope Nicholas V in the upper rooms of his palace in competition with Bramante da Milano.

And since these works of Giovanni, which are truly very beautiful, gave infinite satisfaction, arrangements were just being made to give him the commission to paint all the rest of the hall, when, being now old, he died.

Up to the present we have spoken of nothing save the hall, in order not to interrupt the sequence of the scenes, but now we must turn back a little and say that there are many more works to be seen by the hand of the same man.

One is a panel which is now in the high altar of San Domenico in Pesaro.

In the church of Santo Zaccaria in Venice, in the chapel of San Girolamo, there is a panel of Our Lady and many saints, executed with great diligence, with a building painted with much judgment, and in the same city in the sacristy of the Friars Minor, called the Ca Grande, there is another by the same man's hand, wrought with beautiful design and a good manner.

and not of Charles begin note Charles the eighth King of France born fourteen seventy died fourteen ninety-eight end note as King Louis was brought into Italy by the ambition of the Venetians who desired to obtain half the state of Lombardy by his intervention I will speak of Louis and not of Charles as the one whose conduct is the better to be observed he having possession of Italy for the longest period and you will see that he has done the opposite to those things which ought to be done to retain a state composed of diverse elements King Louis was brought into Italy by the ambition of the Venetians who desired to obtain half the state of Lombardy by his intervention I will not blame the course taken by the king because wishing to get a foothold in Italy and having no friends there seeing rather that every door was shut to him owing to the conduct of Charles he was forced to accept those friendships which he could get and he would have succeeded very quickly in his design if in other matters he had not made some mistakes The king, however, having acquired Lombardy, regained at once the authority which Charles had lost.

Genoa yielded, the Florentines became his friends, the Marquess of Mantua, the Duke of Ferrara, the Bentivogli, my Lady of Forli, the Lords of Fenza, of Pesaro, of Rimini, of Camerino, of Piombino, the Lucchese, the Pisans, the Sienese, everybody made advances to him to become his friend.

Then could the Venetians realize the rashness of the course taken by them, which, in order that they might secure two towns in Lombardy, had made the king master of two-thirds of Italy.

Let anyone now consider with what little difficulty the king could have maintained his position in Italy had he observed the rules above laid down and kept all his friends secure and protected.

The king, however, having acquired Lombardy, regained at once the authority which Charles had lost.

Genoa yielded, the Florentines became his friends, the Marquess of Mantua, the Duke of Ferrara, the Bentivogli, my Lady of Forli, the Lords of Fenza, of Pesaro, of Rimini, of Camerino, of Piombino, the Lucchese, the Pisans, the Sienese, everybody made advances to him to become his friend.

Then could the Venetians realize the rashness of the course taken by them, which, in order that they might secure two towns in Lombardy, had made the king master of two-thirds of Italy.

Let anyone now consider with what little difficulty the king could have maintained his position in Italy had he observed the rules above laid down, and kept all his friends secure and protected.

Of course, Danapulia is gorgeous.

Pescara in Abruzzo, but also one... place that most people don't think about is Pesaro, which is up in Abruzzo, but up a little bit north.

And then there's another place called Fano, which is just down on the coast, which is super, super popular.

In Abruzzo, there's another little town called Penne, P-E-N-N-E, which is super, super gorgeous.

The Florentines became his friends.

The Marquis of Mantua, the Duke of Ferrara, the Bentivogli, my lady of Forli, the lords of Faenza, of Pesaro, of Rimini, of Camerino, of Piombino, the Lucchese, the Pisans, the Sienese, everybody made advances to him to become his friend.

Then could the Venetians realize the rashness of the course taken by them, which, in order that they might secure two towns in Lombardy, had made the king master of two-thirds of Italy.

Let anyone now consider with what little difficulty the king could have maintained his position in Italy had he observed the rules above laid down and kept all his friends secure and protected.

The King, however, having acquired Lombardy, regained at once the authority which Charles had lost.

Genoa yielded, the Florentines became his friends, the Marquess of Mantua, the Duke of Ferrara, the Bentivogli, my Lady of Forli, the Lords of Faenza, of Pesaro, of Rimini, of Camerino, of Piombino, the Lucchese, the Pisans, the Sienese, everybody made advances to him to become his friend.

Then could the Venetians realize the rashness of the course taken by them, which in order that they might secure two towns in Lombardy had made the King master of two-thirds of Italy.

Let anyone now consider with what little difficulty the King could have maintained his position in Italy had he observed the rules above laid down, and kept all his friends secure and protected.