A luxurious and definitive exploration of how and why the Renaissance flourished in Italy for two centuries. The idea of “renaissance,” or rebirth, arose in

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This volume critically challenges the current creative city debate from a historical perspective. In the last two decades, urban studies has been engulfed by a

A completely revised and updated, illustrated guide to the grounds that host Europe?s prestigious Champions League.

For Italian city builders more than a thousand years ago, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the place where so