Bonifica di Revere pumping station
The pumping station was completed in 1926 as part of the Revere reclamation project.
Its purpose was to drain water from the Oltrepò areas to the right of the River Secchia into the Po. The wa...
Read moreBorgoforte fort
Also called Forte Centrale or Forte Magnaguti, this was built in 1859, along with Forte Noyon in Motteggiana, on the right bank of the River Po, and the Rocchetta and Bocca di Ganda forts, above and ...
Read moreCentro Eridano
A building of considerable architectural and historic worth converted to a visitor reception centre for the Isola Boscone nature reserve.
Read moreChiavica Vallazza
The Chiavica Vallazza divides the Fossalta canal, the oldest in the Oltrepò area, to the right of the River Secchia and dating from the 15C, into two stretches historically known as the Fossal...
Read moreComplesso del Forte centrale
These barracks form part of the defensive Quadrilatero of Borgoforte-Motteggiana-Rocchetta-Boccadiganda, a core component of the double bridgehead constructed by the Austrians for defence purposes aro...
Read moreComplex of the Torriana
This residence with main house, church and other buildings, dated 1650, reflects the influence of Giulio Romano.
The church is the most important architectural building, with an entrance loggia and st...
Read moreCorte Bugni
The farm is situated on the border of the municipalities of Tabellano and Torricella. The name stems from the fact that, a long time ago, there used to be several bugni di rotta (the so called Bugni ...
Read moreCorte Castiglioni
A splendid rural aristocratic home, in which, on 6th December 1478 the famous Baldassare author of il Cortegiano was born.
Relevant example of exclusive dwelling dating back to the XV century w...
Read moreCorte Passioncella
A historic complex dating from around 1880 and consisting in a main house, labourers’ dwellings, a barn, cowshed and outhouses.
Read moreCorte Quaranta
A magnificent farmhouse situated below the main dyke of the River Po. Surrounded by splendid scenery, the farm has fortunately been restored and saved from an otherwise certain decline.
Today, this i...
Read moreCorte Recorlandi
A glance at this farm on maps dating from the times of Maria Theresa of Austria immediately reveals that it consists in two quite separate buildings, constructed parallel to Corso di Zara.
The main f...
Read moreCorte Tedolda
A beautiful farm with its own special charm that seems to change shape, depending on where you are standing. Unfortunately, it has been abandoned and is destined to fall into decline. It has all the ...
Read moreformer Casa del Balilla
The building, initially dubbed 'Casa del Balilla e Palestra', dates back to 1929. Its name is consistent with the framework of sheer and absolute faith as fascist education commanded: the most mass...
Read moreGalliano Tower
Galliano seems to have been the name of the builder commissioned by Matilda of Tuscany to construct a castle, destroyed in 1718. All that survives of the complex are one of the seven towers (later co...
Read moreGonzaga family Town tower
This civic tower is the only one left of the citadel erected by the city of Mantua around the year 1000 and fortified by Ludovico Gonzaga after 1370. It is a solid crenellated tower adorned with an e...
Read moreGonzaga Porticoes, Gazzuolo
The porticoes were constructed in the early 16C for Ludovico Gonzaga, son of Gianfrancesco, under the direction of Andrea Bertazzolo of Acquanegra, father of the more famous Gabriele, and probably ad...
Read moreLa Pila da Riso del Galeotto
The mill, which Francesco Galeotti started to build in 1763, maintains its original function and consists in a long building housing the husker and mill with the barn on the first floor, beside which...
Read moreLegenda library system
Instituted in 2002 by merging the Eridano system and the Polirone consortium, the Legenda library system provides services for the libraries of the 21 member towns in the south-east of Mantua, servin...
Read moreMonument to the 'Mondinas'
Created by the local council in 1998, this commemorates the seasonal workers who toiled in the numerous rice paddies in the area on the left side Mincio from the early 20C to the 1960s.
The monument ...
Read moreMulino Natante
This picturesque shipmill on the river is an external feature of the museum. It is the only life-size reconstruction of a perfectly operational shipmill, a record of the more than 300 shipmills that ...
Read moreOstiglia old castle Towers
There are many sources proving the presence of Ostiglia Old Castle Towers. Nowadays only three of the circle of walls can be seen. One of them is the tower in which is now placed ...
Read morePalazzo Gonzaga di Vescovato
Palazzo Gonzaga di Vescovato stands in the village of Portiolo near San Benedetto Po. Privately owned, it was built at various times between the 15C and 17C. This is the earliest example of a villa-c...
Read morePigozzi Palace
The palace was built in the second half of the XVIII century on the properties of Teodoro Vanini, the liege lord of the Mensa del Vicariato of Mantua. The architectural structure was finished on 11 M...
Read moreQuingentole town hall
Formerly the bishop's villa, this building now houses the town hall, a civic theatre and the schools. It originated from a pre-existing building that bishop Ludovico Gonzaga (1483-1511), son of Ludo...
Read moreRevere bell-tower
Revere’s old tower is an architectural testimony to a fortified complex linked to the system of towers, castles and corti in the Bassa Padana area. It belonged to an old fortified system, now l...
Read moreSabbioncello pumping station
The Sabbioncello pumping station was completed in 1957 and straddles the main Quingentole riverbank. It draws water from the River Po to irrigate 60,000 hectares of land in the provinces of Modena, M...
Read moreSabbioneta – Ducal Square (Piazza Ducale)
Since the 16th century, The Ducal Square (or Great Square) was the center of the public life ofthe Lord and citizens, and the place where the city market was located; consequently, it was also the cor...
Read moreSabbioneta – Gate of Victory (Porta Vittoria)
One of the two gates of the city, the Gate of Victoria is headed towards Milan, once headquarter of the Spanish Government. It was built in 1562, during the first construction phase of the medieval wa...
Read moreSabbioneta – Imperial Gate (Porta Imperiale)
The Imperial Door was built in 1579, at the end of the second stage of reconstruction of the medieval walls. It was dedicated to Emperor Rodolfo II of Asburgo, as one can read in the epigraph placed a...
Read moreSabbioneta – Square of Arms (Piazza d’Armi)
The current Square of Arm –formerly known as “Castle Square” for the imposing presence of the Fortress until 1786 – was the center of the Lord’s private life and the plac...
Read moreSan Lorenzo archaeological area
Recorded since 1059, San Lorenzo di Quingentole formed part of the parish of Coriano in a feudal area controlled, on behalf of the bishop of Reggio, by Marchese Bonifacio, Matilda’s father.
It ...
Read moreSan Matteo delle Chiaviche pumping station
Near where the Oglio flows into the Po we find the village of San Matteo delle Chiaviche, where we can still see the impressive dam built by Pietro Portaluppinel 1939 to prevent constant flooding. Ne...
Read moreSan Siro pumping station
The San Siro pumping station was completed in 1926 as part of Parmigiana-Moglia reclamation project to drain the low-lying waters (less than 25 metres above sea level) of the provinces of Reggio Emil...
Read moreSiphon tunnel under the Secchia river
A siphon tunnel is a hydraulic mechanism that enables two waterways to cross. The tunnel under the River Secchia carries the main canal of the Agro Mantovano-Reggiano under the Apennine river through...
Read moreTeatro all’Antica, Sabbioneta
This wonderful gem was the first resident theatre in Europe. After building Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, architect Vincenzo Scamozzi designed this one on the orders of duke Vespasiano, in 1588; it was...
Read moreThe Polirone monastic complex
Founded in 1007 by Tedaldo of Canossa, grandfather of the celebrated Countess Matilda, on the island between the rivers Po and Lirone, the monastery played a key role in the history of monasticism vi...
Read moreThe Statue of Minerva in Sabbioneta
Minerva, a Roman assimilation of the Greek Athena, is the goddess of all the arts that require skill. knowledge and memory but it is also Athena Polias, goddess of the city.
The monument stands in th...
Read moreTorre d` Oglio pontoon bridge
Between 1750 and 1926, people paid a toll to be taken across the River Oglio on rafts and ferries. In 1926, the towns of Viadana, Marcaria and Dosolo formed a consortium to build and operate a pontoo...
Read moreVilla Aurelia (formerly Villa Pasetti)
Built in the XVII century and restored in 1945 by the Pasettifamily, it is a fine example of a Baroque aristocratic home with park. Once one of the assets of the Bishop as a place where the bishops o...
Read moreVilla Bianchi
Already documented in 1538 as the court of Cesole, in 1575 it belonged to Ferdinando Gonzaga, lord ofGuastalla, who, in 1594, gave it to Ercole Gonzaga. After being transferred to Duke Vincenzo, Lord...
Read moreVilla Bisighini – Town Hall
This villa was formerly the residence of a local nobleman, Cavaliere Francesco Bisighini, who settled back here after making his fortune in Latin America. When he died, in 1953, he left the villa to ...
Read moreVilla Ghirardina
A splendid example of a country mansion, attributed to Luca Fancelli because of its rectangular plan and internal courtyard, the closed merlon motif on the facade and the heraldic decor.
Read moreVilla La Grangia
Just a short way from Sabbioneta, in Villa Pasquali, we find the farm house called the “Grange”. The origins of the building are not known. The first documents mentioning it date back to ...
Read moreVilla Luzzara
The majestic villa of the Marquises Luzzara built in Baroque style, it was started in the second half of the Seventeenth century but only completed in the following century. The layout is characteris...
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