Summer 1555 – The Galley Affair

Summer 1555 – The Galley Affair

Cardinal Guido Ascanio Sforza – private collection Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520-1589), son of Pier Luigi Farnese and Girolama Orsini di Pitigliano, and grandson of Pope Paolo III (1468-1549),  found himself overwhelmed with political and family responsibilities...
The story of the marriage of Giulia Farnese

The story of the marriage of Giulia Farnese

The story of the marriage of Giulia Farnese which took place in Palazzo Sforza Cesarini. Drawn from the book “Giulia Farnese, a woman slave of her own beauty” by Carlo Fornari, Silvia Editore, Parma, 1995, pages 62-63. “The presentation of Giulia into society, if it...