In the center of the main wall is the Order of the Garter. It is the most prominent personal symbol, one identified with the very presence of the prince, and it was displayed throughout his private apartments and on the door of his studiolo. Federico had been elected a member of the prestigious English Order of the Garter and confirmed by King Edward IV. The insignia of the order, the jeweled garter, was presented to him by the English ambassador in a solemn ceremony held at the abbey of Grottaferrata, near Rome.

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