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    Azzone Visconti (7 December 1302 – 16 August 1339) was lord of Milan from 1329 until his death. After the death of his uncle, Marco Visconti, he was threatened...
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    Giovanni Visconti in 1349. The Visconti used the churches they built in Milan and Pavia as burial places: Ottone and Giovanni in the Cathedral, Azzone in San...
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    The Azzone Visconti Bridge is a medieval bridge over the Adda River at Lecco in Lombardy, Italy. It was built by Azzone Visconti, Lord of Milan, in the...
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  • cardinal Antonio Eugenio Visconti (1713–1788), Roman Catholic cardinal Azzone Visconti (1302–1339), lord of Milan Bartolomeo Visconti (died 1457), Roman Catholic...
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    Duchy of Milan (category House of Visconti)
    House of Visconti had been expanding their dominions for nearly a century, under the reigns of Azzone Visconti, Luchino Visconti, Giovanni Visconti, Bernabò...
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    San Gottardo, Milan (category Burial sites of the House of Visconti)
    a church in Milan, northern Italy. It was built as Ducal Chapel by Azzone Visconti in 1330, and finished in 1336, as indicated by an inscription on the...
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    program of support for the arts inaugurated by Azzone Visconti was continued by his successor Bernabò Visconti, but especially by Gian Galeazzo: under his...
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    Milan. There are four bridges crossing the river Adda in Lecco: the Azzone Visconti Bridge (1336–1338), the Kennedy Bridge (1956), the Alessandro Manzoni...
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    in 1341. He co-ruled in Milan with his nephew Azzone Visconti and his brother Giovanni, until Azzones's death in 1339. He also took part in the victorious...
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  • Vaud and Isabelle, daughter of John I, lord of Arlay. She married: 1. Azzone Visconti in 1331 (widowed in 1339); one daughter 2. Raoul II of Brienne, Count...
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    locations had more arches. Some observers find similarities with the Azzone Visconti Bridge. Mona Lisa has no clearly visible eyebrows or eyelashes, although...
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    Galeazzo I Visconti (1277–1328), Lord of Milan Joanna (1296–1308), stepsister of Azzone Visconti of the Milan line Tamponi, Michele (2010). Nino Visconti di Gallura...
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    II Visconti expanded the fortification towards the east and north, reaching the perimeter of the village walls previously built by Azzone Visconti. The...
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    Duomo can be traced back to the vision of Azzone Visconti (lord of Milan from 1329 to 1339). In 1330, Azzone ordered the demolition of the taverns that...
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    acceptance of papal temporal sovereignty in Italy, Benedict negotiated with Azzone Visconti. Azzo was prepared to renounce Louis of Bavaria, but he refused to...
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    subsequent war, he managed to resist, but in 1337 the League was joined by Azzone Visconti of Milan, the Este of Ferrara, the Gonzaga of Mantua and the Papal...
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  • 1372), Italian condottiero Azo of Bologna (Azzo/Azzone) (fl. 1150–1230), medieval jurist Azzone Visconti (1302–1339), Lord of Milan from 1329 until his...
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    condottiero Pinalla Aliprandi regained Monza from the imperial troops. Azzone Visconti allowed the reconstruction of the walls, beginning in 1333 and lasting...
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    Bianca of Savoy and aunt Violante Visconti. The deaths of her brothers Carlo (1374), Gian Galeazzo (1376) and Azzone (1381) left Valentina as the only...
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    not entirely to Giotto's design. Before 1337, he was in Milan with Azzone Visconti, but no trace of works by him remains in the city. His last known work...
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    Galeazzo I Visconti (21 January 1277 – 6 August 1328) was lord of Milan from 1322 to 1327. After being chosen Captain of Milan, he defeated two papal armies...
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    Milan with a kind of triumvirate formed by Azzone and his uncles, Luchino and Archbishop Giovanni Visconti. Aiming to return victoriously to his city...
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    1339, he supported Luchino, Giovanni and Azzone Visconti against Mastino II della Scala and Lodrisio Visconti, sending troops that helped the former to...
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    substantially unchanged until today. In the first half of the 14th century, Azzone Visconti, lord of Milan, strengthened the castle. He added two other towers...
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    monastery was located in Spalto di Porta de’ Grandi, also known as Via Azzone Visconti. This monastery could only be accessed through a small street, which...
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    Lordship of Milan (category House of Visconti)
    construction of the Castle of Monza. The work of unification was completed by Azzone Visconti, son of Galeazzo and nephew of Matteo, who worked to lay the foundations...
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    initiated by Azzone Visconti in 1335 and completed by Galeazzo II Visconti in 1372. Its design followed the typical quadrangular shape of the Visconti castles...
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    Isabella, Countess of Vertus (category House of Visconti)
    Italian origin. The couple had four children: Gian Galeazzo, born 1366 Azzone, 1368–1380 Valentina (b. Pavia, 1371 – d. Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher...
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  • headed by Cangrande della Scala, the leader of the Ghibelline faction, Azzone Visconti of Milan, with many of his professional German troops, and Rinaldo...
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    William of Castelbarco, vicar of John of Bohemia, and later completed by Azzone Visconti. A wider citadel was added, but is now partly lost. San Michele al...
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