The Castle Of Milan

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Excerpt from The Castle Of Milan: Sixty-Four Views, With Text By Polifilo Francesco Sforza, in the year M51, as soon as tbe towri oi Milan was in his power, prepared to rebuild ou the Visconti foundations die Castle, which had been razed to the ground three years previously, by the order oi the Republic oi St. Ambrose. He was however, content to reside in the Ducal Palace, which stood on the ¿ank oi the Catliedral, ou the space to day occupied by the Royal Palace, fearing perhaps to show too much mistrust towards his new subjects by hastening to take up bis abode , in the Castle, all the more, that not without artifice. Lie had obtained [mm tbe Milanese, the tenunciation of an oath taken by him ou bis entry into Milan as Duke, which was the promise not to rebuild the abhorred fortress oi Filippo Maria Visconti, sucb renunciation lie had obtained lrom the Milanese. Aot because be doubted (bei: faith see the history oi B. Corio - but only as an omament to the City, as a safeguard against any enemy who migbt wish lo molest it. As a matter oi fact, he did not hesitate to rebuild in a position menacing the City. The two massive round towers laced witli granite. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.