Mantua and Sabbioneta in Italy

Facts and Data

Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 2008
Size of heritage: 235 ha
- Buffer zone: 2,330 ha

Coordinates:
Longitude: 10,794°
Latitude: 45,159°

About

Mantua and Sabbioneta, in the Po valley, in the north of Italy, represent two aspects of Renaissance town planning: Mantua shows the renewal and extension of an existing city, while 30 km away, Sabbioneta represents the implementation of the period’s theories about planning the ideal city. Typically, Mantua’s layout is irregular with regular parts showing different stages of its growth since the Roman period and includes many medieval edifices among them an 11th century rotunda and a Baroque theatre. Sabbioneta, created in the second half of the 16th century under the rule of one person, Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna, can be described as a single-period city and has a right angle grid layout. Both cities offer exceptional testimonies to the urban, architectural and artistic realizations of the Renaissance, linked through the visions and actions of the ruling Gonzaga family. The two towns are important for the value of their architecture and for their prominent role in the dissemination of Renaissance culture. The ideals of the Renaissance, fostered by the Gonzaga family, are present in the towns’ morphology and architecture.

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L'Hotel & La Residenza Broletto

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Distance: 0,1 mi
Via Dell'Accademia 1
46100 Mantova
Italy

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Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
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Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 23:00

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Hotel dei Gonzaga

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Piazza Sordello 52
46100 Mantova
Italy

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Weekday: 7:00 - 20:00
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Ai Garibaldini

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Vicolo Galana 12
46100 Mantova
Italy

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Residenza Cà Tazzoli

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Via Don Enrico Tazzoli 1
46100 Mantova
Italy

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Accademia Residenza

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Via Dell'Accademia 20
46100 Mantova
Italy

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Residence al Corso

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Corso Umberto I 48
46100 Mantova
Italy

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Weekday: 8:00 - 19:00 (lunchbreak: 12:00 - 15:00)
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Agora Residenza Apartments

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Via Leon D Oro 13
46100 Mantova
Italy

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Residenza Domus Nova

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Vicolo Storta 14
46100 Mantova
Italy

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B&B Al Podestà

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via Dario Tassoni, 19
46100 Mantova
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Residenza Romeo e Giulietta

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Via Tassoni, 17/a
46100 Mantova
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Videos from the area

Piazza delle Erbe, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Published: January 01, 2012
Length: 40:47 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Pietro Pecco

Piazza delle Erbe (or simply Piazza Erbe) is one of the main squares of Mantua. Began to take shape when the town hall, near the end of the twelfth century, began to expand beyond the Voltone...

Rotonda di San Lorenzo, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Published: January 01, 2012
Length: 41:25 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Pietro Pecco

The year 1083, though written on the plaster in a later period, seems to be the year of construction. Tradition has it built for wish of Matilda of Canossa, as an evocation of the Anastasis...

Hotel a Mantova - Hotel Broletto & La Residenza

Published: March 17, 2015
Length: 00:16 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Hotel Broletto Mantova

L'Hotel Broletto è uno splendido albergo situato nel cuore del centro storico di Mantova, a pochi metri da Piazza Sordello e dal Duomo. http://www.hotelbroletto.com Hotel Broletto is a beautiful...

ATAG Italia event • festivaletteratura 2010 Mantova

Published: September 15, 2010
Length: 31:32 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: fannivox

FESTIVALETTERATURA 2010 Mantova live painting and green guerrilla - ATAG ITALIA EVENT ATAG Italia, l'azienda leader in Europa nelle caldaie a condensazione ha invaso il centro storico di...

Incantevole Mantova

Published: July 07, 2012
Length: 45:22 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: claudiomace65

Visitare Mantova è come fare un tuffo nel Rinascimento, nella città circondata dai tre laghi vive ancora il fastoso passato dei Gonzaga. Orgoglio di Mantova è anche la figura di Virgilio,...

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