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Condottieri bartolomeo colleoni del verrocchio biography

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    • Bartolomeo Colleoni

    15th-century Italian mercenary and military officer of the Republic of Venice

    Bartolomeo Colleoni (Italian pronunciation:[bartoloˈmɛːokolleˈoːni]; 1400 – 2 November 1475) was an Italiancondottiero, who became captain-general of the Republic of Venice.

    Colleoni "gained reputation as the foremost tactician and disciplinarian of the 15th century".[1] He is also credited with having refurbished the Roman baths at Trescore Balneario.

    Biography

    Background

    Colleoni was born in Solza near Bergamo, which was then part of the Duchy of Milan.

    In Bergamo Colleoni later built himself a mortuary chapel, the Cappella Colleoni.

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    The Colleoni family was noble, but had been exiled with the rest of the Guelphs by the Visconti of Milan. Bartolomeo's father Paolo Colleoni had seized the castle of Trezzo, until he was assassinated by his cousins, probably acting on the orders of Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan.

    Career

    The young