| Buttonhole | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Alto Mantovano | |
| Altitude | 42 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 73 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 10.191 (2015) | |
| Name inhabitants | Asolan | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0376 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 46041 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | St. John Chrysostom | |
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Buttonhole is a city of Lombardy.
To know
Geographical notes
In the fertile Po valley, not far from the Oglio river, the city develops in the territory ofAlto Mantovano. It is 13 km from Castel Goffredo, 22 from Castiglione delle Stiviere, 30 from Casalmaggiore, 33 from Cremona and from Desenzano del Garda, 37 from Mantua, 53 from Brescia, 56 from Parma.
Background
Asola is attested for the first time in a document of the year 930; during the consolidation of the Lordships the city was subject to the Brescian influence, but was able to carve out a space for action by forming a relatively autonomous district with the neighboring villages called "quadra" which, with slightly modified borders, later obtained the detachment autonomy from the Diocese of Brescia to which it was subject. Asola was long disputed by the Gonzagas, lords of Mantua, from the Visconti of Milan and from Brescia. In 1440 he chose to submit to the Republic of Venice. The Serenissima was able to enhance the strategic border position of the city and transformed it into a fortress. It also promoted the economy and culture, respecting freedom of autonomy, leaving intact the ancient privilege of the city null subdita.
In 1516 Asola was besieged by the troops of Emperor Maximilian I and the episode was also depicted by Tintoretto in a recently rediscovered work dating from 1544-1545. The main church of Asola was the cathedral of a bishopric until 1818. With the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797 by Napoleon Bonaparte's Army of Italy it became part of the provisional government of Brescia, later merged into the Cisalpine Republic, then called the Italian Republic and finally the Kingdom of Italy. With the end of the Napoleonic rule, in 1814 it became part of the Lombard-Veneto Kingdom, dependent on the Austrian Empire.
Many Asolans took part in the Risorgimento wars and participated as volunteers in the expedition of the Thousand. Asola itself was the destination of historical figures such as Carlo Alberto of Savoy, Umberto I of Savoy and Giuseppe Garibaldi. After the second war of independence, in 1859 the city was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia which became the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The new state established schools of all levels and also gave impetus to productive activities.
She was joined by the railway Piadena – Brescia in 1892 and from the tramways to Mantua (1886, decommissioned in 1934) e Cremona (1929 - 1955). Recognized "noble walled city" in the Middle Ages, it regained the title of city in 1951 by virtue of its monuments and its millenary history.
How to orient yourself
Asola (Italy): full screen map.Neighborhoods
The city is traditionally divided into historic districts which are reborn on the occasion of costume re-enactments that are occasionally held in the center: Castello, Cantarane, Bosco, Pieve, San Marco, Santissima Maria, Sorbara.
The municipal territory also includes the hamlets of Barchi, Castelnuovo, Gazzuoli, San Pietro, Sorbara and Seriole.
How to get
By plane
The nearest airports are:
- Brescia-Montichiari Airport (km 33)
- Verona Catullo Airport (km 53)
- Bergamo Orio al Serio airport (km 96)
By car
- A22 motorway: exit Mantua north, direction Cremona, Rodigo, Casaloldo
- A4 motorway: exit Desenzano del Garda, direction Castiglione delle Stiviere
- A21 motorway: exit Cremona, direction Mantua, Casalromano
On the train
- Desenzano del Garda station, on the Turin-Trieste line
- Asola station, on the Parma-Brescia line
By bus
- APAM It is connected with Mantua and many towns in the province by bus lines
- Has bus connection via the Asola line-Casalmaggiore-Colorno-Parma
- Has bus connection with Cremona is Brescia
- It is connected with the Lake Garda to Desenzano del Garda
How to get around
What see
1 Cathedral of Sant'Andrea. Built starting in 1472. Externally, the cathedral is more visible on the right side, since the facade is partially hidden by the urban fabric. Along the side you can recognize the transept, the sixteenth-century clock, the bell tower and the apse: the latter are the only surviving elements of the oldest building. Noteworthy in the transept are the single lancet window and the asymmetrical oculus above it. The architectural forms are typical of Lombard late Gothic, both outside and inside. The plant has three naves, characterized by slight anomalies.- Palazzo Pretorio, Piazza XX Settembre, 1. Now the municipal seat, with the Salone del Consiglio Maggiore, the Consiglio dei Dieci, stuccoes and medallions of the Doges and the elegant Loggia Veneta, built in 1610 on a project by the architect Lantana.
- Fountain of Hercules, Piazza XX Settembre. Monumental fountain depicting Hercules crushing the hydra, marble copy of the work of the sculptor Giovanni Antonio Carra (16th century). Once located in Castel Goffredo in the current Piazza Mazzini, it was donated to the Asolani by the Marquis Alfonso Gonzaga.
- Gran Caffè Liberty Enoteca, Piazza XX Settembre, 4. Room used to keep the municipal historical archive, in 1811 it became the seat of the Magistrates' Court and later Caffè del Popolo, Gran Caffè Savoia, Caffè Centrale and finally Gran Caffè Liberty Enoteca. It has a liberty-style interior, and has been recognized as a historic place of regional importance with D.G.R. VII / 1733 of January 18, 2006. Open since 1936.
- Palace of the Congregation of Charity, Via Garibaldi, 7. Imposing and elegant neoclassical building, now home to the Goffredo Bellini Civic Museum.
- Palazzo Terzi, Via Garibaldi, 23. From the sober façade with the balcony from which Garibaldi looked out in June 1862 to speak to the Asolani and, inside, a park of varied and exotic vegetation, is open to the public only on two occasions a year: The feast of San Rocco (15 August) and during the Christmas period on the occasion of the living nativity scene organized by the scout group of Asola.
- Beffa Negrini Palace, Via Garibaldi, 29. The palace of Count Antonio Beffa Negrini, a poet friend of Tasso, with a baroque façade adorned with marble trophies and a solemn portal, a residence that has always been closed to the public and which has recently benefited from careful restoration total. Recently purchased by a religious institute, some decorations made at different times (16th-19th centuries) have been discovered in the palace which testify to the noble past of the building. For centuries the residence of a family several times in the service of the Gonzagas, the construction is attributed to Nicolò Sebregondi, court architect during the seventeenth century and architect of the famous Villa La Favorita.
- Romanesque apse of Sant'Erasmo, Via Piave. Not far from Piazza XX Settembre is what remains of a rich church transformed into the Social Theater in 1890.
Events and parties
- Fair of the Dead.
November 1st of each year.
November 1st of each year.What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 La Filanda Restaurant, Via Carducci 21 / E, ☎ 39 0376 720418.
- 2 Trattoria La Chiusa, Via Parma 82, ☎ 39 0376 710242.
- 3 Locanda del Gastaldo, Road to Sorbara 8, ☎ 39 0376 719843.
- 4 Gran Caffè Liberty, Piazza XX Settembre, 4, ☎ 39 0376 710167, @[email protected].
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 The Moors, Location Sorbara 33, ☎ 39 0376 729935.
Safety
Pharmacies
- 1 Bresciani Pharmacy, Piazza XX Settembre, 9, ☎ 39 0376 710147, fax: 39 0376 719801.
- 2 Hospital Pharmacy, Via Tommaselli, 2, ☎ 39 0376 710064, fax: 39 0376 712485.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 3 Italian post, Viale della Vittoria 19, ☎ 39 0376 718811, fax: 39 0376 729393.
Around
- Castel Goffredo - The industrialized "city of the sock" of modern times has a past as a Gonzaga capital which has endowed it with an important historical center; the squares, the arcades, the churches, the palaces permeate it with the unmistakable atmosphere that characterizes the urban planning of the Gonzagas.
- Castiglione delle Stiviere - City of the Red Cross and of San Luigi Gonzaga, protagonist in the wars of the Risorgimento, it was a Gonzaga center; it retains a beautiful historic core that extends over the morainic hills south of Lake Garda. After the war it experienced a strong economic expansion that favored an important demographic growth, making it the reference center of theAlto Mantovano.
- Lake Garda - It is one of the great Lombard lakes; the eastern shore is Venetian, the tip to the north it is thirty. A destination for climatic tourism since the nineteenth century, every coastal town lives and develops with tourism. Main destinations are Sirmione, Desenzano del Garda, Salò, Riva del Garda, Garda, Peschiera del Garda.
- Acquanegra sul Chiese - The Abbey of San Tommaso Apostolo preserves, in a majestic interior, important remains of Romanesque frescoes from the early 12th century. It once belonged to the now lost Benedictine convent.
Itineraries
- Asola is part of the Route of Mantuan Wines and Flavors, a path of food and wine tourism promotion, about 300 kilometers long and recognized by the Lombardy Region, which winds through province of Mantua on a territory of 41 municipalities, including: Castiglione delle Stiviere, Curtatone, Sabbioneta, Viadana, Mantua, Bagnolo San Vito, San Benedetto Po, Quistello, Gonzaga, San Giacomo delle Segnate, Poggio Rusco, Ostiglia, Goito, Volta Mantovana, Monzambano, Bridges over the Mincio is Cavriana. The route is intertwined with other tourist itineraries in the area: Route of Rice and Risotto Mantovani is Mantuan Truffle Road.
- In the lands of the Gonzaga - An itinerary through the centers, large and small, which were the capitals of the Gonzaga cadet branches: principalities, marquisates, duchies which, within the Mantuan state structure, enjoyed real independence, often minted coins and held refined courts that rivaled that of Mantua, embellished their urban centers by equipping them with elegant architecture - churches, squares, palaces, walls, towers - and characteristic urban views such as the typical Gonzaga arcades.
- Places of the battle of Solferino and San Martino - The itinerary runs through the places where the historic one took place on 24 June 1859 battle of Solferino and San Martino.
- Rural churches and oratories of Castel Goffredo - The itinerary, entirely in the green countryside rich in waterways, runs through the numerous places of worship, which boast ancient traditions and are the sign of a widespread religiosity, since the sixteenth century.
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