Urbino sightseeing tour. Rafael Santi. Official guide of Urbino

The city of Urbino, listed as a UNESCO cultural heritage, has preserved its unique image of an ideal city-state of the Renaissance. An incredible amount of art was concentrated in the small square of the “palace-shaped city”: today most of them adorn the collections of the Louvre in Paris, the Uffizi in Florence and the Gallery of Brera in Milan. In the ideal “kingdom” the best architects, astrologers, artists, philosophers worked hand in hand. Paintings by Piero della Francesco in “3 D” still fascinate with its innovativeness. It is not surprising that “the most perfect phenomenon in world art” Rafael Santi was born here. The son of the famous and talented artist Giovanni Santi, refined Raphael from a very young age was under the patronage of the dukes of Urbino. Once you have been to Urbino, you begin to realize where the divine artist has this power of calm, soft colors and lines.

The tour takes place along the following route:

Mercatale Square and the main tower facade of the palace, a visit to the Ducal Palace with a tour of the main halls and the National Art Gallery of Marche (the famous Studiolo office of Duke Federico da Montefeltro, the canvas “The Sacrament of Christ” by Piero della Francesca, “Nemaya” by Raphael, “The Ideal City” by Luciano Laurana, etc.), the Cathedral of St., the Cathedral of the Republic, the Church of San Francesco, a visit to the House of Raphael, the Rafa monument.