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Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan.
The dynasty was founded by Muzio Attendolo (1369–1424), called Sforza (from sforzare, to exert or force), a condottiero from Romagna serving the Angevin kings of Naples. He was the most successful dynast of the condottieri.
His son Francesco I Sforza ruled Milan for the first half of the Renaissance era, acquiring the title of Duke of Milan from the extinct Visconti family in 1447.
Rising from peasant origins, the Sforzas became condottieri and used this military position to become rulers in Milan. The family governed by force, ruse, and power politics, similar to the Medici in Florence. Under their rule the city-state flourished and expanded. The family also held the seigniory of Pesaro, starting from Muzio Attendolo's second son, Alessandro (1409–1473). The Sforza held Pesaro until 1519, with the death of Galeazzo. Muzio's third son, Bosio (1411–1476), founded the branch of Santa Fiora, who held the title of count of Cotignola; the Sforza ruled the small county of Santa Fiora in southern Tuscany until 1624. Members of this family also held important ecclesiastical and political position in the Papal States, and moved to Rome in 1674.
Actors: Predrag Manojlovic (actor), Danijel Hocevar (producer), Guillermo J. Deisler (miscellaneous crew), Pavel Popandov (actor), Karl Baumgartner (producer), Heinz-Josef Braun (actor), András Muhi (producer), Nikolai Urumov (actor), Dorka Gryllus (actress), Nina Altaparmakova (editor), Thanassis Karathanos (producer), Milena Mihaylova (miscellaneous crew), Erden Alkan (actor), Dora Nedeczky (miscellaneous crew), Vladimir Andreev (producer),
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Genres: Documentary, History,Actors: Mathieu Carrière (actor), Luis Bacalov (composer), Stefan Gubser (actor), Lorenza Indovina (actress), Mariangela Melato (actress), Paolo Maria Scalondro (actor), Giovanni Vettorazzo (actor), Fabrizia Sacchi (actress), Mareike Carrière (actress), Rüdiger Joswig (actor), Romina Mondello (actress), Antonio Frazzi (director), Andrea Frazzi (director), Claudia Pozzi (actress), Lorenzo Gioielli (actor),
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But don't they look lonely from here
Street lit twin domes
Long time no see
And God you look better now