Monzuno ( Bolognese : Munżón ) is an Italian comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna ( Emilia-Romagna ).
27-399: Montorio may refer to several places: Italy [ edit ] Montorio, a hamlet of Monzuno , province of Bologna, Italy Montorio, Sorano , a village in the province of Grosseto, Italy Montorio al Vomano , a town in the province of Teramo, Italy Montorio nei Frentani , a town in the province of Campobasso, Italy Montorio Romano ,
54-560: A bull deposing and excommunicating Bentivoglio and placing the city under interdict . When the papal troops, along with a contingent sent by Louis XII of France , marched against Bologna, Bentivoglio and his family fled. Julius II entered the city triumphantly on 10 November. Giovanni moved first to Busseto , host of the Pallavicino family. An attempt led by his sons Annibale II and Ermes to reconquer Bologna in 1507 failed. The Bolognese subsequently rioted against his possessions in
81-516: A stern sway for nearly half a century, maintaining a splendid court and beautifying Bologna, in particular developing its waterways. The misery of the city's poor, however, stood in stark contrast to the splendor of the city and its festivities. Among the projects he commissioned were the frescoes depicting the life of Saint Cecilia in the Oratorio di Santa Cecilia through the archway of San Giacomo. These frescoes were painted by artists living in
108-510: A town in the province of Rome, Italy Montorio Veronese , a town in the province of Verona, Italy Spain [ edit ] Montorio, Province of Burgos , a municipality in Castile and León, Spain See also [ edit ] Montoro (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
135-597: The Signoria of the city. Born in Bologna, Giovanni II was the son of Annibale I Bentivoglio , then chief magistrate of the commune, and Donnina Visconti. He was a child when his father was murdered by his rival Battista Canneschi in June 1445. Annibale I was succeeded in Bologna by Sante I , of uncertain paternity and origin, but alleged to be a son of Ercole Bentivoglio, a cousin of Annibale I. Originally an apprentice of
162-484: The Bolognese institutions. In 1488, his daughter Francesca poisoned her own husband, Galeotto Manfredi , ruler of Faenza. The latter's citizens considered the feat as an occult move to conquer the city, and rebelled. When Giovanni reached the city to suppress the revolt, he was captured. He was freed only through the intercession of Lorenzo de' Medici . In the same year he was made Capitano Generale (Chief of Staff) of
189-467: The Canneschi, who had conspired against him, not one of his family survived but Messer Giovanni, who was in childhood: immediately after his assassination the people rose and murdered all the Canneschi. This sprung from the popular goodwill which the house of Bentivoglio enjoyed in those days in Bologna; which was so great that, although none remained there after the death of Annibale who were able to rule
216-591: The Count Francesco di Thurn di Valsassina, to the Marullis of Bologna and in the end to the Bertis. Every year, generally in the second Sunday of May, a mountain biking event entitled Vado di Brutto takes place in the fraction of Vado, taking advantage of existing Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) routes around Monte Sole . After the first two editions in 2014 and 2015, respectively attracting 305 and 438 bikers,
243-591: The Ghibellines of Bologna plotted to open the city's door to the Marquis Niccolò II d'Este , Guiduccio da Monzuno took sides in favour of the insurgents and decided to support the Lambertazzis. Bologna replied with resolution and sent infantry and cavalry to occupy the castle. Monzuno became a commissariat at the end of the 15th century, under the rule of Giovanni II Bentivoglio . The district
270-547: The Lambertazzi ( Ghibellines ). However, during the crisis they showed their true political colors, lining up with nobles to the detriment of the middle class. The Bolognese on the other hand perfectly knew the political shadiness of the noble house and hence tried to appoint them with offices and posts ensuring to contain their power. In 1371, Bologna obtained the subjugation of Monzuno and of the Castle of Aligrano. However, as
297-587: The Milanese army, but this was an almost honorific position as Giovanni left the command duties to his sons. In 1488 Giovanni had also to crush a plot against him, led by the Malvezzi family, whose members were almost all hanged or exiled. In 1501, the same fate struck the Marescottis . Bentivoglio had managed to resist the expansionist designs of Cesare Borgia , but on 7 October 1506 Pope Julius II issued
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#1732765245548324-512: The architect G. Nadi, starting in 1498. The Bolognese architect Aristotile Fioravanti , who later settled in Russia , created the plans for the reconstruction of the Palazzo del Podestà, but the reconstruction was not carried out by Bentivoglio until 1484–1494. On 2 May 1464 Giovanni married Ginevra Sforza (1440–1507), the illegitimate daughter of Alessandro Sforza , Lord of Pesaro and
351-639: The city at the time: Francesco Francia , Lorenzo Costa the Elder and Amico Aspertini . [1] Lorenzo Costa's Bentivoglio Altarpiece , housed in the Bentivoglio Chapel in the church of San Giacomo Maggiore , was commissioned by Giovanni Bentivoglio as a votive offering of thanks for the family's escape from an attempted massacre by the Malvezzi family. [2] Bentivoglio also ordered the Palazzo Bentivoglio (City Hall) to be built by
378-585: The city, destroying the palace. Excommunicated, Giovanni ended his days as prisoner of Louis XII in Milan. He died in 1508 in the Castello Sforzesco of that city. Giovanni Bentivoglio is said to have consulted in 1504 the famous astrologer Luca Gaurico about his and his sons' destiny. Displeased with Gaurico's negative prophecy, Bentivoglio subjected him to the torture of mancuerda , and exiled him from Bologna. Giovanni II Bentivoglio ruled with
405-676: The commune is located on the western slope of the Savena valley, on the northern ridge of Monte Venere and on the left side of the Setta and Sambro streams. In the 12th century Monzuno was under the rule of the Marquises of Tuscany . After the Lombard overlords, it passed over to the possession of the Ubaldinis and afterwards was handed over to Matilde di Canossa . It was finally divided among
432-406: The event became part of only four national events sponsored by UISP (Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti). Commemorating famous local butcher Massimo Zivieri, who died at the age of 37, this is a culinary event involving chefs from all over the country. Started in 2011, over 2,000 invitees between local and international chefs, and people from all over the country participate in what has become one of
459-652: The fathers of Bologna. In the fourteenth century in Monzuno the Vicariate of the Mountain was active in Monzuno. The community of monks that settled there scattered after 1632. The old Parish Church was destroyed by the events of the war. The hamlet of Montorio was the centre of a wide Church district long before Monzuno acquired its own administrative right. It was an institution of 42 parishes that were afterwards dismembered. In 1582 Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti established
486-712: The new Parish of Monzuno. Montorio belonged at first to the local Feudal Lords, then to the Counts Castelli of Bologna. The latter ones donated to the Military Order of S. Stefano di Toscana , in order to take part in it, the Palace of Montorio. The Grand Duke of Tuscany accepted and established the Priorate of Bologna, entrusting its administration to the Castellis. Afterwards the possessions were handed down to
513-666: The noble families of the Da Monzuno, Da Montorio and Da Panico. Under the rule of Matilde of Canossa, the Castle was part of the court of Scanello and then ceded to the Church of Pisa . Later it acquired independence under the local lordship that had branched out perhaps from the Ubaldinis. The Da Monzunos won the Da Montorios and sought for help from the church circles, taking sides with the Geremeis (who were Guelphs ) against
540-627: The partisan fraction of Stella Rossa (Red Star). Brento was a possession of the king and, as such, it was donated by the Lombard king Astulf to the Duke Orso and from the latter to the Abbey of Nonantola . Afterwards it was reintegrated into the possessions of the Bishop of Bologna . After the 11th century the decline of the place commenced. In 1293 the Bishop of Bologna donated the Church of Brento to
567-462: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montorio&oldid=935821073 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Monzuno The territory of
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#1732765245548594-604: The state, the Bolognese, having information that there was one of the Bentivoglio family in Florence, who up to that time had been considered the son of a blacksmith [Sante], sent to Florence for him and gave him the government of their city, and it was ruled by him until Messer Giovanni came in due course to the government." ( The Prince , Chapter XIX) In order to secure the support of the other powerful families of Italy, Giovanni fought personally as condottiero . In 1467 he
621-443: The widow of his cousin and predecessor, Sante Bentivoglio . There was probably a relationship between them before their marriage. She was, among other things, his counselor. Ginevra gave her husband sixteen children, of whom five died in infancy. The others were: Giovanni also had another daughter (whether illegitimate or not, it is unknown), Camilla Bentivoglio, whose mother is said to be a 'Lucrezia D'Este'. Whether this 'Lucrezia'
648-471: The wool guild of Florence , Sante ruled as signore of Bologna from 1443. When Sante died in 1463, Giovanni II Bentivoglio successfully made himself lord of the commune, although it was nominally a fief of the church under a papal legate. On 2 May 1464 he married Sante's widow Ginevra Sforza . In 1464 he obtained by Pope Paul II the privilege to be considered perpetual head of the city's Senate. Machiavelli writes that Annibale, "having been murdered by
675-423: The year's most renowned events in Monzuno. Giovanni II Bentivoglio Giovanni II Bentivoglio (12 February 1443 – 15 February 1508) was an Italian nobleman who ruled as tyrant of Bologna from 1463 until 1506. He had no formal position, but held power as the city's "first citizen." The Bentivoglio family ruled over Bologna from 1443, and repeatedly attempted to consolidate their hold of
702-596: Was afterwards handed over in 1514 to the Manzoli family and then to the Dukes of Acquasparta. In 1810 the commune of Monzuno was established, to which also the hamlets of Trasasso, Brigola, Gugliara, Vado, Monterumici, Brigadello, Brento, Valle di Sambro, Gabbiano, Montorio and Rioveggio were incorporated. The most recent history marks a large insurgent movement after the fall of fascism, during World War II with Mario Musolesi , better known as Il lupo ("The wolf"), leader of
729-577: Was at the service of Florence, Milan and Naples against Bartolomeo Colleoni , and in 1471 again for Milan, but his first military deeds occurred only in 1477 when he besieged Faenza for the Sforza. In 1482, during the War of Ferrara , he helped Ercole d'Este against Pope Sixtus IV and Venice . He later fought in small struggles for the Kingdom of Naples , but his personal interventions were always limited by
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