Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli (Italian: [kaˈstruttʃo kastraˈkaːni]; 1281 – 3 September 1328) was an Italian condottiero and duke of Lucca....

The Life of Castruccio Castracani (Italian: Vita di Castruccio Castracani) is a short work by Niccolò Machiavelli. It is made in the form of a short biographical...

condottiero, Castruccio Castracani, under whose rule it became a leading state in central Italy. Lucca rivalled Florence until Castracani's death in 1328...

of the ladies is a firm adherent of the Ghibellines. The Life of Castruccio Castracani (1520) by Niccolò Machiavelli tells the struggle between the Guelphs...

degli Antelminelli (1779–1852), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal Castruccio Castracani (1281–1328), Italian condottiero and duke of Lucca This page or...

Machiavelli to which The Prince has been compared is the Life of Castruccio Castracani. Each part of The Prince has attracted extensive commentary over...

Lucca. In 1316, control of Castelnuovo di Garfagnana was given to Castruccio Castracani, who built a bridge in order to join the castle to the village....

which relates the adventures of the early fourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani, a real historical figure who became the lord of Lucca and conquered...

the curtis of Henry VI. Between 1314 and 1328 the imperial vicar Castruccio Castracani was plenipotentiary of the area; he supposedly was the model for...

affairs of the city of Lucca. The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca (1520) – Vita di Castruccio Castracani da Lucca, a short biography. Istorie Fiorentine...

Roger de Flor (c. 1268–1305) Malatesta da Verucchio (1212–1312) Castruccio Castracani, Lord of Lucca (1281–1328) Cangrande della Scala (1291–1329) Montréal...

Faggiola and Cangrande della Scala but he strongly antagonised Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli. In 1308 he acquired jurisdictional power in...

tarot to Prince Francesco Antelminelli Castracani Fibbia (1360-1419), great-grandson of Castruccio Castracani. This is one of the oldest decks in continual...

Tuscany c. 1080-1100. It was renovated c. 1300 under the direction of Castruccio Castracani. The largest span is 37.8 m. The bridge is also described in a 14th-century...

Tuscany. The leader of the family in the early 14th century was Castruccio Castracani a famous Ghibelline leader. Serving under the Ghibelline chief,...

forces of Lucca under Castruccio Castracani and those of Guelph Florence. After subduing several Ghibelline towns, Castracani had conquered Pistoia and...

emperor Otto I. The castle was rebuilt or enlarged by the condottiero Castruccio Castracani, and later became the residence of the bishops of Luni. Pieve of...

Santa Maria a Monte. It is home to a tower and an arch named after Castruccio Castracani, once belonging to a castle. Outside of town is the Franciscan Sanctuary...

citizens gave the lordship over their Republic to the ghibelline Castruccio Castracani, member of the House of Antelminelli and leader of great political...

sought ennobling connections with the classical past. Ghibelline Castruccio Castracani defeated the forces of the Guelph Florence in the 1325 Battle of...

battle fought in 1325 in Tuscany, between the Ghibelline forces of Castruccio Castracani and the Guelph ones of the Republic of Florence. Pandolfo II Malatesta...

figure is a scherzo, a joke embedded in a painting, representing Castruccio Castracani, Duca di Lucca, according to C.F. Young’s “The Medici”, with the...

the site of the Fortezza Augustan, the residence of condottiero Castruccio Castracani, where also was his palace, perhaps designed by Giotto. The large...

power and placed Castruccio Castracani in the office of captain-general of the Republic. After a few months in office Castruccio Castracani turned against...

This did not last long, since his nephew Filippo sold the town to Castruccio Castracani of Lucca. The town was officially annexed to Florence in 1530. One...

allowing passage of the Arno river. It was conquered by condottiero Castruccio Castracani and is also mentioned in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Signa...

the feudal Lords of Versilia were forced to abdicate in favour of Castruccio Castracani. In the following years the area upon which Viareggio would eventually...

ground, along with the rest of the town, by the Duke of Lucca, Castruccio Castracani. After further renovation, the church, which houses paintings of...

Fornoli and Chifenti. When a prior 1317 stone bridge attributed to Castruccio Castracani, had been destroyed by a flood, this bridge was commissioned in...

circumstances of civil discord a successful condottieri from Lucca, Castruccio Castracani, came to power who ravaged rural communities belonging to Tuscany...