10/08/2026
FIT FOR A DUKE
This is the beautiful Ducal Palace in Urbino.
The splendid palace, commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro, is home to the National Gallery of the Marche, established in 1912.
For the construction of the palace, Federico made use of decorators, mainly from Florence and Lombardy, and avant-garde artists and architects, such as Piero della Francesca or Leon Battista Alberti, definitively transforming the cultural and urban context. The Ducal Palace is marked by several phases of development to which the Dalmatian architect Luciano Laurana essentially contributed, organically arranging the spaces around the courtyard and creating the picturesque façade closed between two slender towers that have become an unmistakable element of the Urbino landscape. Other important architects worked on the completion of the palace such as the Sienese Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Girolamo Genga. [museinazionalimarche.cultura.gov.it]
Urbino
Palazzo Ducale
Marche