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Spain
Stefano Bonsignori1577
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The scroll reads: "It was for many centuries under the royal government…then the Carthaginians arrived, but after long wars the Romans took over…The Goths and other people from the North arrived….but then it was occupied by the Moors who kept it up until king Ferdinand the Catholic conquered it. He still rules not only a part of Italy, and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, but he discovered the new world…" Photo: Rabatti & Domingie
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Details
- Title: Spain
- Creator Lifespan: 1589
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Firenze
- Creator Birth Place: Firenze
- Date Created: 1577
- cartographer: Stefano Bonsignori
- Theme: map
- Physical Dimensions: w112 x h114 cm (Complete)
- Original title: Spagna
- Historical information: The panels in the Maps'Room are 53. 30 out of these were realized by the dominican friar from Perugia Egnazio Danti, the court cosmographer from 1553 to 1575; the remaining 23 were realized by the olivetan monk Stefano Bonsignori from 1576 to 1586. The panels show all the world as known at the time.
- Type: oil painting on wood
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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