Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It did not help their cause that the Austrian generals faced a military genius in Bonaparte. But they also pursued a flawed strategy. Chandler wrote, "Throughout the whole year, the lure of Mantua continued to exert a fatal attraction over the Austrian field forces and led them to one costly failure after another." [22] Chandler added,
The Fall of the Giants is a full room fresco from floor to ceiling done by Italian Renaissance artist and architect Giulio Romano. Romano worked on the room from 1532 to 1534. [ 1 ] It is located in the Palazzo de Te , Mantua , which was also designed and built by Romano. [ 1 ]
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.
804 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua established. [3] 977 - Canossa in power. [1] 1007 - Boniface III in power. 1090 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor in power. [2] 1113 - Forces of Matilda of Tuscany take Mantua. [2] 1115 - Mantua becomes a "quasi-independent commune." [1] 1150 - Mantua currency begins circulating. [citation needed]
By 1799, the fortress of Mantua on the river Mincio in northern Italy was in poor shape. [1] It was commanded by viscount lieutenant general François Philippe de Latour-Foissac [] and garrisoned by a diverse force of 10,000, including French, Polish (Polish Legionnaires under general Józef Wielhorski), Italian (Republic of Alba and Cisalpine Republic), Swiss and German units. [1]
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Mantua was invaded by Byzantines, Lombards and Franks. In the 11th century it became a possession of Boniface of Canossa , marquis of Tuscany . The last ruler of the family was the countess Matilde of Canossa (died 1115), who, according to legend, ordered the construction of the precious Rotonda di ...
Siege of Mantua can refer to: Siege of Mantua (1630) (War of the Mantuan Succession, French defending) Siege of Mantua (1702) (War of the Spanish Succession, French defending)
The Marquisate or Margraviate of Mantua (Italian: Marchesato di Mantova) was a margraviate centered around the city of Mantua in Lombardy. Ruled by the Gonzaga family from its founding in 1433, it would later be raised to the rank of Duchy in 1530.