Nuti Matteo, Rocca Malatestiana
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
OBJECT
Rocca Malatestiana
AUTHOR
Dating
sec. XV
1425 - 1476
LOCATIONS
Cesena (Emilia Romagna, Italia)
NOTES
Foto sup 337, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "The castle all of brick is magnificent and most extensive. / All the coats, which were enormous papal ones in terra cotta / with side scutcheon of papal legates, have been destroyed, but / a stone remains with the architects name: / MCCCCLXVI / OPUS MATHEI / NUTII PHANESIS. / This would be of Pauls 2. time. This Pope took Cesena from Roberto Malatesta. / Cesar Borgia made Cesena the capital of his duchy, the Romagna. / The Cesenati had declared him their Signore in 1500 and remained / true to him to the end of his reign. The rocca was not surrendered till August 1504, / in exchange for Cesar's liberty. But on the 20th of August the gran Capitano sent / him a prisoner to Spain. / Malatesta Novello, [...] of Pisano's medal, was lord of Cesena in 1450. / He died in 1465 and then Paul II took possessione of his lordship".
