The Cardinal's brother, Alfonso II d ' Este, Duke of Ferrara, was another early enthusiast, enquiring about castrati in 1556.

Cesare was also father to at least 11 illegitimate children, among them Girolamo Borgia, who married Isabella Contessa di Carpi, and Lucrezia Borgia, who, after Cesare's death, was moved to Ferrara to the court of her aunt, Lucrezia Borgia.

Partially paralyzed, he was first transferred to Ferrara for rehabilitation and then to the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome to be near his wife, also hospitalized.

He participated at the Congress of Ferrara in 1526 as the Republic's representative ; at the Congress the League of Cognac was formed against the Emperor, allying France with Venice and several states of Italy.

She was born on Tuesday 19 May 1474 at nine o ' clock in the evening in Ferrara, to Ercole I d ' Este, Duke of Ferrara and Leonora of Naples.

He was a welcomed guest at the Este court in Ferrara, and in Urbino he spent part of the hot-weather season with the soldier-prince Federico III da Montefeltro.

Lucrezia was married to Giovanni Sforza ( Lord of Pesaro ), Alfonso of Aragon ( Duke of Bisceglie ), and Alfonso I d ' Este ( Duke of Ferrara ).

However, some time after Alexander's death, Giovanni went to stay with Lucrezia in Ferrara, where he was accepted as her half-brother.

Lucrezia met the famed French soldier, the Chevalier Bayard while the latter was co-commanding the French allied garrison of Ferrara in 1510.

She was the daughter of Boniface III, ruler of many counties, among them Reggio, Modena, Mantua, Brescia, and Ferrara.

In 1627 he began his apprenticeship as vice-papal legate at Ferrara, and on recommendations from two cardinals he was appointed successively Inquisitor of Malta and nuncio in Cologne ( 1639 – 1651 ).

On 28 April, he was able to receive the Duke of Urbino in audience, and on 29 April, the Duke of Ferrara.

In Ferrara, which was taken into the Papal states to the exclusion of the Este family, papal armies clashed with Venice and their populace.

Henry IV's friendship was of essential importance to the Papacy two years later, when Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara, died childless ( 27 October 1597 ), and the Pope resolved to attach the stronghold of the Este family to the states of the Church.

Urban IV's military captain was the condottiere Azzo d ' Este, nominally at the head of a loose league of cities that included Mantua and Ferrara.

In 1999 the park was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and was added to " Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta.

When he was sent to Ferrara in order to assist the people stricken with a severe famine, the Pope introduced him to the people of Ferrara as the " father of the poor.

)- 1475, he studied civil law at the university of Pavia, and later went to Ferrara ( 1475 – 1479 ), where he became the protégé of Prince d ' Este of Ferrara, was a pupil of Theodor Gaza and attended lectures by the famous Battista Guarino.

Also while in Ferrara he was formally employed as the organist to the ducal chapel, which was one of the most opulent musical establishments in Europe.

In 1392, more than a century before Martin Luther published the 95 Theses, Pope Boniface IX wrote to the Bishop of Ferrara condemning the practice of certain members of religious orders who falsely claimed that they were authorized by the pope to forgive all sorts of sins, and exacted money from the simple-minded among the faithful by promising them perpetual happiness in this world and eternal glory in the next.

In 1504 Obrecht once again went to Ferrara, but on the death of the Duke at the beginning of the next year he became unemployed.

In mid-2012, a return to the character of " Coloso " in Salvador Mejía it convened to join Que bonito amor ( telenovela a new version of La hija del mariachi, being his second antagonistic role / main villain next to Jorge Salinas, Danna García, Malliany Marin and Juan Ferrara.

Whether or not Lusitano ever attempted to refute Vicentino's expanded version is not known ; however, Vicentino's book was influential with the group of madrigalists working in Ferrara in the next two decades, including Luzzasco Luzzaschi and Carlo Gesualdo.

Ferrara next directed Harvey Keitel in an acclaimed performance as the eponymous Bad Lieutenant ( 1992 ).

The first printed edition appeared in 1472 in Ferrara, and at least 84 editions were printed in the next two hundred years.

Former WWF writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara were also hired to fix the company but may have increased the gap between the two Monday night programs.

In 1406 he captured Pisa and was subsequently hired by Niccolò III d ' Este of Ferrara, who was being menaced by Ottobono Terzi of Parma.

Ferrara was then hired for two Hollywood studio films: a second remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, titled Body Snatchers ( 1993 ), for Warner Bros .; and Dangerous Game ( 1993 ), starring Keitel and Madonna, for MGM.

Impressed with one of Bazelli ’ s student films, director Abel Ferrara hired Bazelli to shoot China Girl in New York City.

Ravenna railway station has direct Trenitalia service to Bologna, Ferrara, Lecce, Milan, Parma, Rimini, Venice and Verona.

In Ferrara, the death of Azzo VIII d ' Este without legitimate heirs ( 1308 ) encouraged Clement to bring Ferrara under his direct rule: for only nine years, however, was it governed by his appointed vicar, Robert d ' Anjou, King of Naples, before the citizens recalled the Este from exile ( 1317 ); interdiction and excommunications were in vain: in 1332 John XXII was obliged to name three Este brothers as his vicars in Ferrara.

Ed Ferrara and Kevin Murphy wrote the series only a few months after the last film, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, which was released direct to video.

Stripping also was part of " genre " films, such as horror thriller Fear City ( 1984 ), by Abel Ferrara, about a mass-murderer who terrorizes dancers working at a seedy strip club in Times Square, New York.

Ferrara City Hall.

Ferrara graduated the primavera youth squad in 1984, and began to earn first team call-ups that season.

* Alfonso II d ' Este ( 1533 – 1597 ), duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597

* Mary ( 2005 film ), a film directed by Abel Ferrara about Mary mother of Jesus

She ordered or commanded successful expeditions against Ferrara ( 1101 ), Parma ( 1104 ), Prato ( 1107 ) and Mantua ( 1114 ).

The universities of Ferrara ( 1391 ) and Fermo ( 1398 ) owe him their origin, and that of Erfurt ( in Germany ), its confirmation ( 1392 ).

The river flows through many important Italian cities, including Turin ( Torino ), Piacenza and Ferrara.

* Hypogeum of the Volumnis digital media archive ( creative commons-licensed photos, laser scans, panoramas ), data from a University of Ferrara / CyArk research partnership

After completing his studies in the Jesuit college of Cesena and receiving his doctorate of law ( 1734 ), Braschi continued his studies at the University of Ferrara, where he became the private secretary of Tommaso Ruffo, papal legate, in whose bishopric of Ostia and Velletri he held the post of auditor until 1753.

His son Borso received the title of duke for the imperial fiefs of Modena and Reggio from Emperor Frederick III in 1452 ( in which year Girolamo Savonarola was born here ), and in 1471 was made duke of Ferrara by Pope Paul II.

The Renaissance literary men and poets Torquato Tasso ( author of Jerusalem Delivered ), Ludovico Ariosto ( author of the romantic epic poem Orlando Furioso ) and Matteo Maria Boiardo ( author of the grandiose poem of chivalry and romance Orlando Innamorato ), lived and worked at the court of Ferrara during the 15th and 16th century.

The town of Ferrara was also the setting of the famous film The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Vittorio De Sica in ( 1970 ), that tells the vicissitudes of a rich Jewish family during the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini and World War II.

Furthermore, Wim Wenders and Michelangelo Antonioni's Beyond the Clouds in ( 1995 ) and Ermanno Olmi's The Profession of Arms in ( 2001 ), a film about the last days of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, were also shot in Ferrara.

* Piazza dei Miracoli digital media archive ( creative commons-licensed photos, laser scans, panoramas ), data from a University of Ferrara / CyArk research partnership, includes 3D scan data from Leaning Tower.

* Il caso Moro ( 1986 ), directed by Giuseppe Ferrara and starring Gian Maria Volonté as Moro.

The younger branch of the House of Este included rulers of Ferrara ( 1240 – 1597 ), and Modena and Reggio ( 1288 – 1796 ).

Ferrara became a significant center of culture under Niccolò d ' Este III ( 1384 – 1441 ), who received several popes with great magnificence, especially Eugene IV, who held a Council here in 1438, later known as the Council of Florence.

Under Ercole ( 1431 – 1505 ), one of the most significant patrons of the arts in late 15th and early 16th century Italy, Ferrara grew into a cultural center, renowned especially for music ; Josquin Des Prez worked for Duke Ercole, Jacob Obrecht came to Ferrara twice, and Antoine Brumel served as principal musician from 1505.