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Pictured is the Square of Contrari in the Fortress of Vignola near Modena, Italy. Uguccione dei Contrari received the fief of Vignola as a gift from the lord of Ferrara, Niccolo III d'Este in 1401. Over the next 20 years the wealthy Contrari family transformed the fortress of Vignola into their sumptuous residence.