THE BORGIAS – The Black Legend

Rome in the Renaissance: the popes, the great noble families, the common people… In this extraordinary era, in the midst of secret plots and pacts that are sealed and broken, many legends are born, often starring the Borgia family: Rodrigo, Cesare, Lucrezia… they are already part of our imagination. But do we know their true story? For several decades, serious historians have reviewed their case and have been surprised by many things, both with regard to Lucrezia, and also with regard to her father, Pope Alexander, a man of great political intuition. Let us try to look at them more closely, and we will discover unknown aspects, unsuspected facets of a legend that is perhaps not so dark…

MARIO DAL BELLO

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