Example sentences for: colleoni

How can you use “colleoni” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Adjacent to the church is the Renaissance Colleoni Chapel, an extravagant mausoleum in red, white, and green marble with ceiling frescoes by Tiepolo.

  • Colleoni willed his huge fortune to Venice on the understanding that his monument would be on Piazza San Marco.

  • Founded by the ancient Romans, the city has a proud soldiering history, giving the Venetian Republic a famous condottiere, Bartolomeo Colleoni, and the largest contingent in Garibaldi’s 1,000 Red Shirts.

  • Follow the Calle Larga Giacinto Gallina to the humpbacked Ponte del Cavallo bridge for the all-important first view of the piazza’s magnificent equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni, considered one of the finest in the world.


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