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Torquato d'Alessandri

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Torquato d'Alessandri
Born 16th century
Bologna, Italy (?)
Died 17th century
Occupation Fencing master
Patron Guiseppe Cesari d'Arpino (?)
Genres Fencing manual
Language Italian
Notable work(s) Il Cavalier Compito (1609)

Torquato d'Alessandri was an Italian fencing master at the turn of the 17th century. Little is known about this master's life apart from that he was a citizen of Bologna. A fencing manual by d'Alessandri, titled Il Cavalier Compito ("The Complete Cavalier") and dedicated to a certain Guiseppe Cesari d'Arpino, was published in Viterbo in 1609.

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