A trip to beautiful Renaissance Ferrara: Charterhouse and castle.
Ferrara has been home to many noble families since the Romanesque era, also home to the archbishopric located in the cathedral created around 1100, the family who then took possession of Ferrara making it famous are the Este, a conquest that was not easy, Ferrara was also desired by other families and by the Republic of Venice. The Este ruled over Ferrara for almost three centuries, taking care of the urban planning that made it one of the most modern and desired cities, they established a university that hosted illustrious names such as Paracelsus, Pico della Mirandola and Pisanello, art and culture were at their peak during the dominion of the Este family who made the city a hub of intellectuals, even one of the most important ecumenical councils was held in Ferrara. Ferrara was also a military power famous for its modern artillery. After the dominion of the Este it returned to belong to the Papal State and then to the Kingdom of Sardinia which ghettoised the large Jewish community...
