During the Este period, Ferrara was the capital of the Duchy of Ferrara, and it served as an important political, artistic, and cultural center. The Herculean Addition, a Renaissance urban expansion project, converted the city into an urban model that won it the title of "first modern capital of Europe." [4] UNESCO designated the historic town as a World Heritage Site in 1995, and the Po Delta and its Este beauties as a World Heritage Site in 1999. In the pic, the Castle!
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