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Mantua was an island settlement which was first established about the year 2000 BC on the banks of River Mincio, which flows from Lake Garda to the Adriatic Sea. In the 6th century BC, Mantua was an Etruscan village which, in the Etruscan tradition, was re-founded by Ocnus. [5] [6] The name may derive from the Etruscan god Mantus.
Map showing the 70 comuni of the province. The city of Mantua is shown in red. The Province of Mantua is an administrative body of intermediate level between a municipality and Lombardy region. The three main functions devolved to the Province of Mantua are: local planning and zoning; provision of local police and fire services;
Upper Mantua (Italian: Alto Mantovano/Upper Mantuan dialect: Alt Mantuà) [1] is a geographical area located northwest of the city of Mantua in the province of the same name and bordering the provinces of Brescia and Verona, bordered to the north by the morainic hills of Lake Garda, to the east by the province of Verona, to the northwest by the province of Brescia, and to the south by the ...
1460 - Artist Andrea Mantegna moves to Mantua. [4] 1472 Printing press in operation. [9] [10] Rebuilding of the Basilica of Sant'Andrea begins. [4] [2] 1480 - Poliziano's Fabula di Orfeo premieres in Mantua. [7] 1484 - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua in power. [8] 1490 - Isabella d'Este becomes wife of Francesco II. [8] 1530 - Duchy of ...
Some were sailors and soldiers of fortune but most were missionaries. In 1605 shipwrecked Italian sailors founded the city of Mantua, Cuba in the far west of the island. [1] These sailors came from the Genoa and Venice areas. [2]
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From 970 to 1115, the Counts of Mantua were members of the House of Canossa. During its time as free commune and signoria ("lordship"), the Lords of Mantua were exponents of the Bonacolsi and Gonzaga families. From 1328, Mantua was informally led by Gonzagas until 1433, when Gianfrancesco Gonzaga assumed the noble title of Marquess of Mantua.
Mantua (Spanish pronunciation:) is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. History. It was founded in 1605 by Italian shipwrecked sailors as ...