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I think it is such a shame that the tv-show "the Borgias" gives such a historically incorrect picture of the Borgia family. The show has so much potential but…

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Cesare Borgia Duc de Valentinois son of Pope Alexander VI and Vanozza dei Cattanei, 1518 by Dosso Dossi Costume Renaissance, Renaissance Portraits, Italian Renaissance, Renaissance Dresses, Louvre Paris, Giclee Painting, Giclee Print, Los Borgia, The Borgias

Costume Renaissance

Renaissance Portraits

Italian Renaissance

Renaissance Dresses

Giclee Painting

Cesare Borgia Duc de Valentinois son of Pope Alexander VI and Vanozza dei Cattanei, 1518 by Dosso Dossi

Pope Alexander VI tomb Pope Paul Iii, Charles Viii, Italy History, Work For Hire, Jennifer Lopez Photos, La Sede, Cultura General, Renaissance Period

Jennifer Lopez Photos

Cultura General

Renaissance Period

Pope Alexander VI tomb

Kris Babcock

Part of the ceiling in Rodrigo Borgia's bedroom. Cesare Borgia, Vatican, Pope, Medieval, Characters, Ceiling, Bedroom

Part of the ceiling in Rodrigo Borgia's bedroom.

Sophie

Part of the Borgia appartments, this was the room in which pope Alexander IV, alias Rodrigo Borgia, held his banquets for nobels, princes and kings. Today, the room is used as an exhibition room for modern art. Alexander Vi, Dario Fo, Exhibition Room

Exhibition Room

Part of the Borgia appartments, this was the room in which pope Alexander IV, alias Rodrigo Borgia, held his banquets for nobels, princes and kings. Today, the room is used as an exhibition room for modern art.

Sophie

This is an original fireplace in Rodrigo Borgia's appartments in the Vatican. Where the (modern) bench is placed today, the pope used to sit together with his loved ones. Lucrezia Borgia, Modern Bench, Greed, Basilica

Lucrezia Borgia

This is an original fireplace in Rodrigo Borgia's appartments in the Vatican. Where the (modern) bench is placed today, the pope used to sit together with his loved ones.

Sophie

Facsimile of a letter written by Cesare Borgia to Ferdinand of Spain, Rome, 1497 Renaissance Aesthetic, Francois Arnaud

Renaissance Aesthetic

Francois Arnaud

Facsimile of a letter written by Cesare Borgia to Ferdinand of Spain, Rome, 1497

The door to Rodrigo Borgia's appartments in the ancient renaissance part of the Vatican. The appartments were closed after the death of Rodrigo Borgia upon orders of Julius II. They were only opened again several hundreds of years later. These appartments are lying a level lower than the sistine chapel and are usually overseen by the audience. They are, however, authentic and entering them fills you wih awe for what happened in between those walls. Sistine Chapel, Julius, Audience

The door to Rodrigo Borgia's appartments in the ancient renaissance part of the Vatican. The appartments were closed after the death of Rodrigo Borgia upon orders of Julius II. They were only opened again several hundreds of years later. These appartments are lying a level lower than the sistine chapel and are usually overseen by the audience. They are, however, authentic and entering them fills you wih awe for what happened in between those walls.

Sophie

Unmatched In Infamy: I was in the palace section of the Vatican Museum recently, showing some friends the dark neoclassical frescoes and blue and gilded Borgia bulls which so oppressively dominate Alexander VI’s apartments that no pope has been willing to inhabit that part of the palace since. Late Middle Ages, Family Show, Vatican City, Chianti

Late Middle Ages

Unmatched In Infamy: I was in the palace section of the Vatican Museum recently, showing some friends the dark neoclassical frescoes and blue and gilded Borgia bulls which so oppressively dominate Alexander VI’s apartments that no pope has been willing to inhabit that part of the palace since.

Enchanting Journeys

Enchanting Journeys

Silver Coin From the Pontificate of Alexander VI (1431-1503) St Francis, Silver Coins, Family, Silver Quarters, San Francisco, Saint Francis

Silver Quarters

Silver Coin From the Pontificate of Alexander VI (1431-1503)

Letter from Vanozza da Cattanei, the mistress of Pope Alexander VI. and mother of Cesare Borgia, to Pope Alexander VI. Date:15th century Women Writers, Science Fiction Novels, Vintage Lettering, 15th Century

Science Fiction Novels

Vintage Lettering

Letter from Vanozza da Cattanei, the mistress of Pope Alexander VI. and mother of Cesare Borgia, to Pope Alexander VI. Date:15th century

Cesare Borgia (far left) and Macchiavelli, Cardinal Borgia (a young relative of Rodrigo) and Michelotto Corella. (1500) Corella, Ingres, Great Works Of Art, Renaissance Era, Norman Rockwell, Human Experience, 16th Century

Great Works Of Art

Renaissance Era

Norman Rockwell

Human Experience

Cesare Borgia (far left) and Macchiavelli, Cardinal Borgia (a young relative of Rodrigo) and Michelotto Corella. (1500)

Sophie

Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Father of Alfonso d'Este third husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Italian Renaissance Art, Renaissance Paintings, Medieval Artwork, Ferrara, Medieval Times, Modern Warfare

Italian Renaissance Art

Renaissance Paintings

Medieval Artwork

Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Father of Alfonso d'Este third husband of Lucrezia Borgia.

This codex is a compilation of material drawn from a collection of documents put together by cardinal Nicolas Rossell. The manuscript probably dates from the second half of the 15th century, and may have been commissioned by Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia. It is the work of two copyists and a miniaturist, who decorated almost every page. In the Vatican Secret Archives Vatican Secret Archives, Archive Books, Book Letters, Illuminated Manuscript, The Guardian

Vatican Secret Archives

Illuminated Manuscript

This codex is a compilation of material drawn from a collection of documents put together by cardinal Nicolas Rossell. The manuscript probably dates from the second half of the 15th century, and may have been commissioned by Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia. It is the work of two copyists and a miniaturist, who decorated almost every page. In the Vatican Secret Archives

Sweet4Cheeks

This letter, by the 14-year-old Lucrezia Borgia, was written to her father, Pope Alexander VI, in 1494. In it she tells of the reception she and her new husband, Giovanni Sforza, received on their arrival in the city of Pesaro, and begs her father to leave Rome Borger, Historical Artifacts, Thing 1, 14 Year Old

Historical Artifacts

This letter, by the 14-year-old Lucrezia Borgia, was written to her father, Pope Alexander VI, in 1494. In it she tells of the reception she and her new husband, Giovanni Sforza, received on their arrival in the city of Pesaro, and begs her father to leave Rome

Sweet4Cheeks

Facsimile-signature "Lucretia de Borgia" under a letter to her sister-in-law Isabella Gonzaga, March 1519. Original Archives Gonzaga Mantova (Italy) Venetian Painters, Tudor Era, Mary Stuart, Vampire Academy, Chronicles Of Narnia, Period Dramas

Venetian Painters

Vampire Academy

Chronicles Of Narnia

Facsimile-signature "Lucretia de Borgia" under a letter to her sister-in-law Isabella Gonzaga, March 1519. Original Archives Gonzaga Mantova (Italy)

Treaty of Tordesillas. Pope Alexander VI. divide trading and colonizing rights for all newly discovered lands of the world between Portugal and Castile (later applied between the Spanish Crown and Portugal) to the exclusion of other European nations Ancient Origins, Ancient History, Valladolid, Fernand De Magellan, History Of Portugal, Ancient Languages, Christopher Columbus, Modern History

Ancient Origins

Ancient History

Fernand De Magellan

History Of Portugal

Ancient Languages

Christopher Columbus

Treaty of Tordesillas. Pope Alexander VI. divide trading and colonizing rights for all newly discovered lands of the world between Portugal and Castile (later applied between the Spanish Crown and Portugal) to the exclusion of other European nations

Lucrezia Borgia's dressing room in Gradara Castle European History, World History, Castles Interior

European History

Castles Interior

Lucrezia Borgia's dressing room in Gradara Castle

Organ of Pope Alexander VI St. Peter’s Basilica, Olds, Picture

St. Peter’s Basilica

Organ of Pope Alexander VI

15th century frescoes in the fitting/dressing room of Lucrezia Borgia. Gradara Castle Dressing Room, Fresco, Castle

15th century frescoes in the fitting/dressing room of Lucrezia Borgia. Gradara Castle

Mural of Alexander VI at court Dominican Friar, Alexandre Dumas, Jeffers, Bad Blood

Dominican Friar

Alexandre Dumas

Mural of Alexander VI at court

Lucrezia with her son and her ladies Lady In Waiting, Silver Engraving, Hercules, Woodblock Print, Sketches

Lady In Waiting

Silver Engraving

Woodblock Print

Lucrezia with her son and her ladies

Cesare Borgia leaving the Vatican Saint George And The Dragon, Victorian Paintings, Sinister

Saint George And The Dragon

Victorian Paintings

Cesare Borgia leaving the Vatican

Vanozza dei Cattanei Sean Harris, Renaissance, S Xvi, Aragon, Artists

Vanozza dei Cattanei

Signature of Lucrezia Borgia from March 1519

Signature of Lucrezia Borgia from March 1519

Lucrezia Borgia by Bartolomeo Vento Italian Renaissance Dress, Renaissance Clothing, Renaissance Fashion, Historical Clothing, The Renaissance, Historical Women, Renaissance Costume, Historical Costume, Lucrèce Borgia

Italian Renaissance Dress

Renaissance Clothing

Renaissance Fashion

Historical Clothing

The Renaissance

Historical Women

Renaissance Costume

Historical Costume

Lucrèce Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia by Bartolomeo Vento