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Capture of Porto Ercole
Giorgio Vasari1568/1570
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
After the taking of Siena and the Medicean-Imperial troops entering the city on the 21st of April 1555, several Sienese, French and Florentine exiles found refuge in Porto Ercole: yet after a 24-day siege, even this last fortification was forced to surrender. Photo: Simone Lampredi
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- Title: Capture of Porto Ercole
- Creator Lifespan: 1511 - 1574
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Firenze
- Creator Birth Place: Arezzo
- Date Created: 1568/1570
- painter: Giorgio Vasari
- Theme: historical subject
- Physical Dimensions: w610 x h760 cm (Complete)
- Period: Mannerism
- Original title: Presa di Porto Ercole
- Type: fresco painting
- Rights: Comune di Firenze
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