Geography Located 33 km southwest of Mantua , it is 5 km from the Po.
History
It was founded in 1591 by Vespasiano I. Gonzaga, between the Oglio and Po , near the route of the ancient Via Vitelliana. In the spirit of Vespasian, it was primarily designed as a fortress capable of resisting the expansionist ambitions of the Papal States, the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Mantua, then ruled by the elder branch of the Gonzaga, even if he also wants to this city the " ideal city ".
Economy
Culture
At Sabbioneta are many historic buildings and more particularly the Teatro moderno built by Vincenzo Scamozzi , between 1588 and 1590 and is the first covered theater designed to meet the requirements of modern scenography.
Commemorative Event
Festivals, fairs
Administration
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Breda Cison, Ca 'Cess, Commessaggio Inferiore Ponteterra, Villa Pasquali
Common Boundary
Casalmaggiore , Commessaggio , Rivarolo del Re ed Uniti , Spineda , Viadana
Twinnings
Sites and Monuments
The main monuments are:
- Palazzo Giardino and antique gallery: the exterior of the building is built of red brick, all located in Piazza d'Armi (Arms Square) has a ground floor with a long colonnade of arches and attic a carved cornice. The interior consists of many richly decorated and frescoed.
- All'antica Teatro (Theatre Antique) is the oldest independent theater covered in Europe. The gallery is decorated with the gods of Olympus, and many frescoes that give the impression that the spectators watching the room.
- Palazzo Ducale: all rooms are decorated with carved cedar ceilings Lebanon. Riders in the room (Sala delle Aquile) you can admire four equestrian statues (originally there were ten, but a fire has destroyed part), there is also five busts partially charred.
Photo Gallery
Gallery of Antique Theatre the cornice of the Palazzo Giardino Gallery of the ancient Palazzo Giardino One of the equestrian statues of the Palazzo Ducale
See also
References
External Links
World Heritage in Italy |
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| Cultural | Rock Art of Valcamonica (1979) Historic Centre of Rome , the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and St. Paul Outside the Walls (1980) (the Vatican) The Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980) Historic Centre of Florence (1982) Piazza del Duomo in Pisa (1987) Venice and its Lagoon (1987) Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990) The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera (1993) City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994) Historic Centre of Naples (1995) Historic Centre of Siena ( 1995) Crespi d'Adda (1995) Ferrara , City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta (1995) Castel del Monte (1996) Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996) The Trulli of Alberobello (1996) Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996) Cathedral , Torre Civica and Piazza Grande , Modena (1997) Amalfi Coast (1997) Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico) , Padua (1997) Residences of the Savoy (1997) Su Nuraxi of Barumini (1997) royal palace of the eighteenth century at Caserta with the Park , the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio (1997) Portovenere , Cinque Terre and the Islands ( Palmaria , Tino and Tinetto ) (1997) Villa Romana del Casale (1997) Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997) Archaeological Areas of Pompei , Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997) Historic Centre of Urbino (1998) National Park of Cilento and Vallo Diano , with the archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia and the Certosa di Padula (1998) Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998) Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999) Assisi , the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000) City of Verona (2000) Villa d'Este , Tivoli (2001) Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South eastern Sicily) (2002) Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003) Cemeteries Etruscan Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004) Val d'Orcia (2004) Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005) Genoa, and the system palaces (2006 ) Rhaetian Railway in the Landscape of the Albula / Bernina (2008) (with Switzerland) Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008) | |
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