From the 14th century onwards, the instability created by the unceasing internal and external struggles ended in the creation of noble seignories, the most significant of which were those of the Viscontis ( later Sforzas ) in Milan and of the Gonzagas in Mantua.

The Gonzagas were a royal family that ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 ; they also ruled Monferrato in Piedmont and Nevers in France, and also many other lesser fiefs in Italy and Europe.

In 1628 he bought the fabulous collection that the Gonzagas of Mantua were forced to dispose of, and he had been trying since his accession in 1625 to bring leading foreign painters to England.

Back in Mantua with the Gonzagas between 1424 and 1426, Pisanello painted one of his important surviving works: the fresco Annunciation in San Fermo, Verona.

Mantua under the Gonzagas was artistic center, employing Pisanello, Mantegna, Perugino, Correggio, Leon Battista Alberti, Giulio Romano, and Rubens.

Francesco, in his capacity of Captain General of the Venetian armies, was often required to go to Venice for conferences which left Isabella in Mantua on her own at La Reggia the ancient palace which was the family seat of the Gonzagas.

The Mantua court of the Gonzagas, employers of Monteverdi, played a significant role in the origin of opera employing not only court singers of the concerto delle donne ( till 1598 ), but also one of the first actual " opera singers "; Madama Europa.

In 1626 the duchy of Urbino was incorporated into the papal dominions, and, in 1627, when the direct male line of the Gonzagas in Mantua became extinct, he controversially favoured the succession of the Protestant Duke Charles of Nevers against the claims of the Catholic Habsburgs.

The Gonzagas built new walls with five gates and renovated the architecture of the city in the 14th century, but the political situation in the city did not settle until the third Gonzaga, Ludovico Gonzaga, eliminated his relatives, seizing power for himself.

Through maternal ancestors, the Gonzagas inherited also the imperial Byzantine ancestry of the Paleologus, that earlier ruling family of Montferrat.

A cadet branch of the Mantua Gonzagas became Dukes of Nevers and Rethel in France when Luigi ( Louis ) di Gonzaga, a younger son of Duke Federico II and Margherita Paleologa, married the heiress.

Most likely around 1550 he moved to Novellara, a town in what is now the Province of Reggio Emilia, as a musician in the service of a branch of the Gonzagas ; a previous suggestion that he may have been in Rome has not been securely established.

Rossi probably died either in the invasion of Austrian troops, who defeated the Gonzagas and destroyed the Jewish ghetto in Mantua, or in the subsequent plague which ravaged the area.

The Duchy of Mantua then fell to the junior branch of the Gonzagas, the Dukes of Nevers.

In 1536 it passed to the Gonzagas of Mantua, who fortified it strongly.

In, certain artworks, structures, craft techniques and performing arts are considered by the Japanese government to be a precious legacy of the Japanese people, and are protected under the Japanese Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.

The visual arts have a long history in Australia and examples of ancient Aboriginal rock artworks can be found throughout the continent-notably in national parks such as those of the UNESCO listed sites at Uluru and Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, but also within protected parks in urban areas such as at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in Sydney.

Of his sons, Bartolomeo, Alboino and Cangrande I, only the last shared the government ( 1308 ); he was great as warrior, prince, and patron of the arts ; he protected Dante, Petrarch, and Giotto.

Chief Justice Earl Warren worried that " broad language used here may eventually be applied to the arts and sciences and freedom of communication generally ," but, agreeing that obscenity is not constitutionally protected, concurred only in the judgment.

The Grand Duke also decided to include among the arts protected in this way, a conservatory of music ( the Cherubini Conservatory ) and, more extraordinary, a school of art restoration ( the Opificio delle Pietre Dure ).

The development, begun in 1988, contains buildings from the original Kentlands farm, many varieties of residences, a " downtown " commercial district, open space including protected natural areas and pocket parks, and civic uses including schools, a church, and an arts center.

Generally this means that most museums containing works of arts, historic cities, archaeological sites, and important places of worship, whether temple, church or synagogue, are protected by the Convention.

As a generous patron of the arts, Marguerite befriended and protected many artists and writers, among them François Rabelais ( 1483 – 1553 ), Clément Marot ( 1496 – 1544 ), Claude de Bectoz ( d. 1547 ) and Pierre de Ronsard ( 1524 – 1585 ).

The new British rulers retained and protected most of the property, religious, political, and social culture of the French-speaking habitants, guaranteeing the right of the Canadiens to practice the Catholic faith and to the use of French civil law ( now Quebec law ) through the Quebec Act of 1774.

Guaraní persisted with enough vigor to be made official because the Jesuits elected it as the language to preach Roman Catholicism to the Indians ( Guaraní was the language of the autonomous Jesuit Reducciones ) and because Paraguay's dictators for a time shut the country's borders and thereby protected the local culture and language.

The High Contracting Parties, animated by the purpose of giving conventional form to the postulates of the Resolution approved on December 16, 1933, by all the States represented at the Seventh International Conference of American States, held at Montevideo, which recommended to " the Governments of America which have not yet done so that they sign the ' Roerich Pact ', initiated by the Roerich Museum in the United States, and which has as its object, the universal adoption of a flag, already designed and generally known, in order thereby to preserve in any time of danger all nationally and privately owned immovable monuments which form the cultural treasure of peoples ", have resolved to conclude a treaty with that end in view, and to the effect that the treasures of culture be respected and protected in time of war and in peace, have agreed upon the following articles:

Some believe that children should be protected from information that challenges the value system that their local culture instills in them.

* Create a culture change to ensure intellectual property is respected and protected

The Astronomy Precinct was established in 1967 and is located on land protected by the Historical Preservation Act for its significance to Hawaiian culture.

Traces of life of the Brnjica culture ( 8th century BC ) is seen at the Hisar Hill that was protected by a deep moat with a palisade on its inner side, a fortification similar to that of another fortification on the Gradac site in Lanište in the Velika Morava basin.

While the paper has in recent times becomes associated with the Quebec nationalist movement, it is important to note that Bourassa himself was in fact opposed to the notion of a separate territorial entity for the majority French-speaking province, believing instead in an Anglo-French conception of Canada in which French-speaking Canadians would see their culture recognized as equal and protected and encouraged from coast to coast.

Many local governments in the south-west have developed “ compacts ” or “ commitments ” with their local Noongar communities to ensure that sites of significance are protected and that the culture is respected.

In Lipan culture, since deer were protected by Mountain Spirits, great care was taken in Mountain Spirit rituals in order to ensure smooth deer hunting.

Beach culture is very prominent in this area and many of the regions beaches and lagoons are part of protected areas to ensure the environment remains pristine.

Because the law aims to eliminate the mindset and culture of discrimination, it is irrelevant whether the person who was targeted was themselves a person with a protected characteristic, so that people who associate with or are perceived to possess a protected characteristic are protected too.

This basal Indo-European culture was of seasonally transhumant cattle-raising pastoralists protected by a warrior elite, similar to those in other areas of Atlantic Europe, centered in the hill-forts, locally termed castros, that controlled small grazing territories.

The French Canadians did not necessarily have to give up their religion and language entirely, but their culture could not be protected at the expense of what Durham considered a more progressive British culture.

Also protected are areas of historic or cultural significance, such as the pueblos of the Anasazi culture.

In this new nation, Livonians were finally recognised as an indigenous ethnic minority, whose language and culture must be protected and advanced.

According to the school website, Sahaja Yoga education " envisages the development of the child in an atmosphere where the innate qualities, such as innocence and wisdom, are protected and enhanced ; where the students imbibe the timeless and unchanging values which come from inner awareness, and are not subject to the vagaries of fashion, religion or national culture.

The site is an archaeological park at the centre of a protected forest, and a site of cooperative European archaeological efforts, a training ground for young archaeologists as well as a centre for interpreting Gaulish culture for a popular audience.

The Pit Grave culture is at its peak, representing the classical reconstructed Proto-Indo-European society with stone idols, early two-wheeled proto-chariots, predominantly practicing animal husbandry in permanent settlements protected by hillforts, subsisting on agriculture, and fishing along rivers.

The house was built in 1905. and since 1963. has been protected by the state as a monument of culture.

The parlance of the party is to unite " all European natives " ( code for white Europeans-only ) under one flag, hence the name " Imperium Europa " ( European Empire ), leading to " a Europid bond forged through Spirituality closely followed by Race, nurtured through High culture, protected by High Politics, enforced by the Elite.