During the carnival of 1501, Cesare Borgia was ruling Imola. One of his knights, Guidarello Guidarelli, lent a beautiful shirt with gold embroidery to a warrior named Virgilio Romano. He intended to wear it at a masquerade carnival party. But when Romano decided not to return the shirt, a duel ensued. It was in Palazzo Sassatelli, now Palazzo Monsignani, where the fight began and where it’s said Romano mortally wounded the beautiful knight. An impressive tombstone dedicated to the knight is housed at the Museo d’Arte della città di Ravenna…
