Renaissance Town: Rethinking the Urban Scheme

Urban theorists and ideal towns:
     Leone Battista Alberti -- De Re Aedificatoria, published 1485
     Filarete -- Sforzinda (plan)
     Francesco di Giorgio -- angled bastion
          (plan of Lucca with angled bastions added)
          (Cateneo, ideal city plan) 
 Leonardo da Vinci (city on two levels)
 Sabbionetta, 
 Livorno, 
 Palma Nova (plan)   



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