Recommended itineraries in the Po valley
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Culture, art, religion, nature, good food and drink are all “key words” for discovering this area, lying peacefully on the horizons of the largest Italian plain
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If you imagine you are looking at it from above, you immediately notice the thin blue lines that highlight the great abundance of rivers, the most important of which are the Po, Mincio and Oglio, for centuries both an affliction and a delight for the area, great communication arteries during ancient times but still used today. In the undulating areas towards the North, outlined by the rows of vines, on the other hand, we find hills that are rich in history: Solferino and its battle that sparked off the Red Cross, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Castellaro Lagusello, Volta Mantovana and Cavriana. Ancient historical periods are intertwined here, leaving their indelible marks, starting from the Etruscans and then the Roman Empire. One of the richest artistic cities in the whole of Italy – Mantova (Mantua) – is located in the centre of this abundant and fertile land, the throbbing heart of the Po valley. Mythologies create the place: first the martyrdom of Longino, the Roman soldier who picked up the earth impregnated with the blood of Christ, and then the discovery of the same relics. An oratory was created in the same place and the city began to grow. The great battles to stop the invasions from the North: Stilicone stopped Alarico and Pope Leone Attila’s advance. Then the first of the great women in Mantova’s history, Matilde di Canossa, in the years straddling the first millennium. But it was under the Gonzagas, during the first four centuries, and with Isabella d’Este, that Mantova reached the peaks of its heroic deeds, and became an international political and cultural capital. Just like Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, Mantova was the “place” of ferment, epitomising everything that was avant-garde.
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Province of Mantova
Tourist Board
Tel. 0376.204.1
www.provincia.mantova.it
turismo@provincia.mantova.it
Tourist Informatio Office
Piazza Mantegna, 6
Tel. 0376.328253
www.aptmantova.it
Mincio Nature Park
Piazza Porta Giulia, 10
Cittadella (Mantova)
Tel. 0376.22831
www.parcodelmincio.it
www.parks.it/parco.mincio/index.html
Shipping Company Andes Negrini
Via San Giorgio 2
46100 Mantova
Tel. 0376.322875
www.motonaviandes.it
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 The province of Mantova is like an arrow head, pointing towards the Po valley, wedged between Veneto and Emilia.
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