HERITAGE RECORD · 828

Historic Centre of Urbino

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The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The small hill town of Urbino, in the Marche, experienced a great cultural flowering in the 15th century, attracting artists and scholars from all over Italy and beyond, and influencing cultural developments elsewhere in Europe. Owing to its economic and cultural stagnation from the 16th century onwards, it has preserved its Renaissance appearance to a remarkable extent.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ17163308 ↗

Administrative areaQ2759

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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Brief Synthesis The small Italian hill town of Urbino became, for a short time during the Renaissance era, one of the major cultural centres of Europe.

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