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2. Mantua - Wikipedia

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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.

3. List of rulers of Mantua - Wikipedia

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   From 1328, Mantua was informally led by Gonzagas until 1433, when Gianfrancesco Gonzaga assumed the noble title of Marquess of Mantua. In 1530, Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua . In 1531, the family acquired the vacant Marquisate of Montferrat through marriage.

4. Mantua Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   Mantua Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di San Pietro apostolo; Duomo di Mantova) in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy, is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter. It is the seat of the Bishop of Mantua .

5. Ducal Palace, Mantua - Wikipedia

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   Façade of Palazzo Ducale San Giorgio Castle Details of Pisanello's frescoes in the "Hall of Pisanello". The Palazzo Ducale di Mantova ("Ducal Palace") is a group of buildings in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy, built between the 14th and the 17th century mainly by the noble family of Gonzaga as their royal residence in the capital of their Duchy.

6. Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua - Wikipedia

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   The Basilica of Sant'Andrea is a Roman Catholic co-cathedral and minor basilica [1] [2] in Mantua, Lombardy . It is one of the major works of 15th-century Renaissance architecture in Northern Italy. Commissioned by Ludovico III Gonzaga , the church was begun in 1472 according to designs by Leon Battista Alberti on a site occupied by a ...

7. Province of Mantua - Wikipedia

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   The province of Mantua (Italian: provincia di Mantova; Mantuan, Lower Mantuan: pruvincia ad Mantua; Upper Mantuan: pruinsa de Mantua) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua .