Urbino- Clemente XI in Urbino

 

Giovanni Francesco Albani (Pope Clemente XI) was born in Urbino on 23rd July 1649 from a noble family coming from Albania. He took interest in the political and religious rebirth of Albania and he greatly contributed, although temporarily, to the unification of the Church. He tried in vain to convert the Russian Tsar Peter the Great to Catholicism.

He became pope at the age of 51. He was a great patron of the arts in Rome and his birthplace Urbino, where he ordered restauration works in the Ducal Palace and in the Archbishop’s palace, as well as the building of a school for the youth and he granted privileges to the university.

He died in 1721, after a troublesome pontificate due to the War of the Spanish Succession and the dispute with French Jansenists.


 
 
 

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Discover the attraction Urbino- Clemente XI in Urbino

Urbino- Clemente XI in Urbino

Giovanni Francesco Albani (Pope Clemente XI) was born in Urbino on 23rd July 1649 from a noble family coming from Albania. He took interest in the...

Discover the attraction Urbino - Marche Film tourism

Urbino - Marche Film tourism

The Mandrake (1965) directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Totò and Rosanna Schiaffino. Callimaco falls in love with Lucrezia, who is married to the...

Discover the attraction Museum of the Laboratory of Physics of the University of Urbino

Museum of the Laboratory of Physics of the University of Urbino

The Museum of the Laboratory of Physics is part of the Laboratory of Phisics, a scientific department of the University of Urbino. it si situated in the...

Discover the attraction Urbino - Raphael’s Native house

Urbino - Raphael’s Native house

Raphael’s native house was built in the 14th century. Raffaello’s father, Giovanni Santi (1435 - 1494) purchased it in 1460.Giovanni Santi himself...

Discover the attraction Urbino - Cathedral

Urbino - Cathedral

Urbino’s Cathedral, the Duomo, was built by the bishop Beato Mainardo in 1062 and dedicated to Virgin Mary of the Assumption. In the 15th century it was...

Discover the attraction Urbino - Museum of the Diocese

Urbino - Museum of the Diocese "Albani"

This itinerary in the extraordinary artistic heritage of the Archdiocese of Urbino – Urbania – Sant’Angelo in Vado, is named in memory of the...

 

Itineraries to visit Urbino

Discover the itinerary Museum Churches in Pesaro and Urbino Province

Museum Churches in Pesaro and Urbino Province

The Museum Church itinerary in Pesaro and Urbino Province

Art and Culture   Spirituality and Meditation   2 days

Discover the itinerary Land of Popes

Land of Popes

The magnificent places that gave birth to great Popes

Art and Culture   Spirituality and Meditation   3 days