| Borgoforte | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Mantuan | |
| Altitude | 19 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 38 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 3.562 (2010) | |
| Name inhabitants | Borgofortesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0376 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 46034 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Borgoforte is a center of the Lombardy.
To know
On 4 February 2014, following the merger of the municipalities of Borgoforte and Virgil and with the birth of Borgo Virgilio, Borgoforte has become a fraction of it.
Background
According to tradition and the most authoritative philologists, in the nearby hamlet of Pietole, identified with the ancient Andes, the Latin poet would be born Virgil.
Youthful image of the poet Virgil, in profile and with a laurel wreath, by an unknown author.
How to orient yourself
Borgoforte (Borgo Virgilio): full screen map.How to get
The Po in Borgoforte
By plane
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio (BG), ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Verona-Villafranca Airport (Valerio Catullo), Boxes of Sommacampagna (VR), ☎ 39 045 8095666, fax: 39 045 8619074. Daily connection Mantua-Verona Airport with APAM bus; departure from the railway station and piazza Sordello at 8:30, 12:00, 15:00 and 17:00. From Verona to Mantua: 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm.
By car
3 A22 Brennero motorway - Mantova Sud exit (For San Biagio, Cerese).
On the train
4 Mantua station, Don Leoni square (routes Verona Porta Nuova-Mantua, Modena-Mantua, Milan Centrale-Cremona-Mantua, Monselice-Mantua.). Direct trains once a day also from Bologna Central, Parma is VeniceMestre. 
By bus
How to get around
What see
- 1 Church of San Giovanni Battista.
- 2 Central Fort (Fort Magnaguti). Built starting in 1859 by the Austrian Empire.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- Trattoria Pizzeria Antico Borgo, Via Cisa 214 - Cappelletta (MN), ☎ 39 0376 281340.
- La Colonna Restaurant and Pizzeria, Roman Road 2 - Cerese di Virgilio.
- Antica Corte Bertoldo, S.S. Cisa 116 - Borgo Virgilio.
Where stay
Average prices
- B&B L'Alveare, Via Gambino 11 Location Scorzarolo - Borgoforte.
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
Itineraries
Profile of Mantua
- 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, Buttonhole, Curtatone, MantuaSabbioneta, Viadana, 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.
- Rice road - The itinerary - to be carried out in particular from May to September - runs through the Mantua area dedicated to the cultivation of rice, between rivers and canals.
- In the lands of Matilda - The itinerary runs through a large part of the territory that was, at the turn of the twelfth century, governed and lived by the great countess Matilde di Canossa.
- Historic villages of the Po - The itinerary, from west to east or vice versa, leads to know some historic villages that rise near the "great river".
- Via Carolingia - European itinerary that crosses the places traveled by the court of Charlemagne between the 8th and 9th centuries to travel from Aachen to Rome, where Pope Leo III crowned the Carolingian sovereign emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas night in the 19th century.
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