| Cocoon | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Oglio Po | |
| Altitude | 30 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 18 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 4.209 (2016) | |
| Name inhabitants | bozzolesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0376 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 46012 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Restituto | |
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Cocoon is a city of Lombardy.
To know
The city of Bozzolo, whose banner is united, in the coat of arms of the province of Mantua with that of the city of Castiglione delle Stiviere is that of Mantua, following the restructuring that involved various public services (health, justice, etc.), it must refer to the Viadanese area. However, a strong spirit of identity and pride for its prestigious past is still very much alive, which makes its inhabitants feel above all Bozzolese, not gregarious from other centers.
Geographical notes
Located in the Lombard plain to the right of the Oglio river, Bozzolo belongs to the area of the province of Mantua which is located on the right bank of the Oglio, and in the wider interprovincial area Casalasco Viadanese, better known in recent decades as the District Oglio Po, with capitals Casalmaggiore, which is 16 km away, e Viadana (23 km)
Background
Vaudiolo or Vauziolo (small ford) already appears in documents of the 9th and 10th centuries; in 949 it was already defined Castrum. It is politically subject to the Municipality of Cremona, then to notable Cremonese families such as Dovara, Persico, Cavalcabò. The Benedictines operate in its territory in the Gironde Abbey, documented in 1101, which disappeared in the 14th century.
The destiny of Bozzolo is inextricably linked to that of the Gonzagas in 1408. Later, starting from 1478, it is part of those Gonzaga territories that enjoy independence from the main branch of Mantua, and change hands among the members of the Gonzaga cadet branches, now united, now redistributed among the descendants: Gazzuolo, San Martino dall'Argine, Rivarolo Mantovano, Commessage, Sabbioneta, Pomponesco, Dovarese Island, Ostiano.
In the early sixteenth century he settled in Bozzolo (as well as in Rivarolo Mantovano is Sabbioneta) a thriving Jewish community, dedicated to trade and the lending of money. The Jewish Cemetery remains of their presence in Bozzolo.
The Gonzagas who have most closely linked their name to Bozzolo's fortunes are Vespasiano, the creator of Sabbioneta, and Julius Caesar. Vespasiano built a fortification with cannon-proof bulwarks in place of the old castle, which was demolished in 1812; Julius Caesar obtained from Emperor Rudolph II ofAustria the title of Prince, and for Bozzolo the title of City, becoming the capital of the Principality of Bozzolo which incorporates the other six centers of the fiefdom. Establishes the Mint and the Friday market, which continues to this day.
The population, under his Principality, doubles. His successor Scipio establishes the hospital and favors the establishment of many religious orders. He is succeeded by Ferdinando and Giovan Francesco, who died in 1703 without heirs. The Principality was then assigned to the Gonzagas of Mantua until 1708; to the Gonzagas of Guastalla until 1746; to the Austrian Empire until 1771.
In contemporary times Bozzolo has linked his name to the figure of Don Primo Mazzolari, an eminent clergyman who ruled the parish from 1932 until his death in 1959; his remains rest in the parish church of San Pietro Apostolo. On 20 June 2017, Pope Francis went on a private visit to Bozzolo to pray at Mazzolari's tomb.
How to orient yourself
Bozzolo (Italy): full screen map.Cocoon is interested in the South Oglio Park (headquarters in Calvatone), protected regional area. The river areas of the territories of Oglio Sud constitute the Acquanegra sul Chiese • Canneto sull'Oglio • Casalromano • Marcaria • Ostiano • I want to on the left bank; Cocoon • Calvatone • Commessage • Halyard • Gazzuolo • Dovarese Island • Pessina Cremonese • Piadena • San Martino dall'Argine • Viadana on the right bank.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Parma airport (G. Verdi), Via Emilia - Golese locality, ☎ 39 0521 951511.
- 3 Brescia Airport (D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto 34, Montichiari (Connections with Brescia airport are guaranteed by public transport via the bus. The stop a Brescia city is located at the bus station (number 23), while that of the airport is at the front of the terminal. There are also connections to the city of Verona via bus / shuttle line 1), ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. Charter only
- 4 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
- 5 Bologna airport (G.Marconi), Via Triumvirato 84, ☎ 39 051 6479615.
On the train
It has its own train station on the line By bus
It is served by the following links:
- Coach line Casalmaggiore - Buttonhole[1]
- Coach line Mantua - Cocoon - Rivarolo Mantovano[2]
By car
Tollbooth of Parma on the Autostrada del Sole
Tollbooth of Mantua on the Brenner motorway
It is lapped by the former state Cremona - Mantua Lower Po Valley
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What see
- 1 Parish Church of San Pietro Apostolo. This church, born around 1576, was originally annexed to the convent of the Augustinians, a religious order that had established itself in Bozzolo in 1518, following the policy of the Gonzaga princes who intended to expand and populate the territory and the inhabited center. When in 1798 the Augustinian order, like many others, was suppressed, the church and the convent became the property of the State, which in 1804 passed them to the Parish of San Pietro.
- The parish church stood in the medieval district of Bozzolo, and since it was in very bad condition at the time of the acquisition of the Augustinian church, it was demolished and the parish seat moved to the larger church also dedicated to St. Peter. The marbles, the altarpieces and the furnishings of the ancient church were transferred to the building.
- San Pietro Apostolo has an imposing façade divided into two superimposed orders separated by a relief frame, with pilasters and geometric decorative lines from the end of the 16th century, the period of construction. Its majestic Renaissance interior has three naves, with five chapels on each side. Each chapel has altars coming in part from the primitive parish church, in part from other religious buildings.
- There are numerous paintings that are preserved there: one Crucifixion by Jacopo da Borbone of 1621; St. James the Apostle by Ermenegildo Lodi di Cremona; The four Virgins -Santa Artemisia, Sant'Agata, Santa Caterina and Santa Lucia-, attributed to Marco Antonio Ghislina (1676 - 1756) of Casalmaggiore; The Blessed Virgin of Good Counsel by Francesco Chiozzi, a San Gerolamo, one Madonna and Child with San Liborio.
- Above the entrance door an elegant choir loft houses an imposing organ of the firm Fratelli Lingiardi of Pavia which was built in 1864 and bears the production number 144.
- The remains of Don Primo Mazzolari are kept in the church (Cremona 1890 - Bozzolo 1959), a great figure of Catholic priest of the early twentieth century, who anticipated many orientations of the Second Vatican Council and was a champion in the fight against all forms of injustice and violence. His work took place for a long time in the area ofOglio Po Casalasco Viadanese; in fact in 1921 he was parish priest in Cicognara, a hamlet of Viadana; from Cicognara he was transferred to Bozzolo in 1932, where he served as parish priest until his death in 1959. His tomb, on the right of the presbytery, was made from a sketch by the sculptor Giacomo Manzù.
- 2 Church of San Francesco. Giulio Cesare Gonzaga was the first Prince of Bozzolo and conceived for his own glory a Palatine Chapel which was at the same time his own mausoleum. It was for this reason that he entrusted the construction of the church of San Francesco to the architect Zilio de 'Zilli, which was erected between 1604 and 1606. The building was joined to the court palace. The facade follows the style of the church of Santa Maria della Visitazione (called of the Spinsters) of Venice; it is divided into two superimposed orders decorated with classical architectural elements, all surmounted by a triangular tympanum finished with five obelisks that recall its sepulchral destination, while the entrance portal has a round tympanum.
- The church has no apse, but a wall on which stands an architectural altarpiece of great grandeur, with black marble columns and an altarpiece by Gaspare Celio in the center, Crucifixion with St. Francis and Julius Caesar, work of 1605. The tomb of the Prince is kept at the foot of the apparatus.
- The perspective architecture of the vault helps to give the optical illusion of increasing the size of the building, which on the side walls has frescoes of modest stature, probably the work of the last five years of the eighteenth century, when the oratory was closed to the public and was seat of a constitutional circle.
- Church of the Disciplini. Small, authentic Po Valley baroque jewel with an altarpiece by Schivenoglia.
- Abbey and church of Santa Maria della Gironda (Abbey). Former Benedictine monastic complex of 1100. The church preserves a polychrome terracotta sculpture by Marra dating back to the fifteenth century. Nearby is the center of spirituality Little Bethany.
- Ancient Gonzaga walls. They extend for 900 meters: 800 on the east side of the city and another hundred on the west side near the former Porta Cremona. The wall complex, which has been damaged several times by collapses even of long stretches, is in the recovery phase.
- Chapel of the Hospital. Decorated by Umberto Barbiani, it is recalled that it hosted the archbishop of Milan, future Pope Paul VI shortly before his ascension to the throne of Peter.
- 3 Church of S.S. Trinity, via Valcarenghi. It preserves paintings by Fossombrone, Carpioni and Francesco Francia, the tomb of Gian Francesco Gonzaga and Leonardo Pigafetta. The large altarpiece depicts Bozzolo in the 17th century. Of value are the organ and the choir.
- 4 Municipal building. Seat of the municipal administration in whose council chamber the portraits of three princes and major exponents of city history are preserved. It is accessed from the historic loggia where there are testimonies of the Risorgimento and the Bozzolese Resistance.
- Casalini Palace. Formerly the palace of the Gaddi marquises, seat of the provisional government of Lombardy in 1848.
- Palazzo del Monte di Pietà. Current seat of the Library and of the Municipal Historical Archives, it presents itself with the original coffered ceilings and the marble testimonies of the Pio institute.
- Piccioni Palace. Residence of the counts Piccioni which twice hosted the emperor ofAustria Joseph II Habsburg and later King Charles Albert of Piedmont with his son Vittorio Emanuele II. From the balcony of the palace, King Carlo Alberto harangued, on July 28, 1848, with his proclamation to Italy, the peoples oppressed by the foreigner. Here for three months Alessandro Della Marmora was hosted, saved and cared for, seriously wounded in the battle of Goito. Among the illustrious guests there is also the general Giuseppe Garibaldi.
- Palace of the Court. Designed and built by Vespasiano Gonzaga, formerly the seat of the Province of Bozzolo, known as Caserma Nera, it housed the Civil and Criminal Court from 1859 to 1923 with adjoining Magistrates Court, P.S. and Notarial Archives. Seat of the constituency in which, at national level, a senator was elected. Camillo Benso, count of Cavour, Giovanni Chiassi and others were also elected to this college.
- Palace of the Archpriests. In addition to the archives of the parishes of Bozzolo, there are also the study of Don Primo Mazzolari and all the portraits of the Bozzolese Archpriests from the 16th century to today.
- Porta San Martino - Porta Mantova. Built in the 17th century and rebuilt in the 19th century.
- Social Theater. Work of the architect Vergani; here, among others, the tenor Tito Schipa made his debut and ended his world career. Currently (2015) the building has been in disuse for some time and has suffered damage to the roof with partial collapses.
- Don Primo Mazzolari Foundation, Piazza Castello. National Documentation Center.
Events and parties
- Ancient Fair of the Badia.
The first Sunday of May. - September Fair. Last Sunday of September.
The first Sunday of May.What to do
Shopping
- Market. Friday morning.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Green Cross Restaurant, Piazza don Mazzolari 7, ☎ 39 0376 91386.
- 2 Osteria Ponte Bonifica, Sabbionetana Road 8, ☎ 39 0376 91694.
- 3 Hostaria del Mistero restaurant, Strada Lame 19 (In Cividale Mantovano.), ☎ 39 0376 93334.
- 4 Blue Eyes pizza restaurant, Via Arini 7, ☎ 39 0376 920921.
Where stay
- 1 Croce d'Oro hotel, Via Matteotti 46 (Also pizza restaurant), ☎ 39 0376 91191. a stone's throw from the square
- 2 Hotel At The Station, Via Caix 7 (Also restaurant), ☎ 39 0376 91310. in the immediate vicinity of the train station
Safety
Pharmacies
- 6 Municipal, Via Valcarenghi, ☎ 39 0376 920645.
- 7 Lazzarini, Via Giacomo Matteotti, 8, ☎ 39 0376 91142.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 8 Italian post, piazza Europa 2, ☎ 39 0376 910911, fax: 39 0376 921229.
Keep informed
- Oglio Po news. Computer newspaper of Oglio Po.
- [link not working]The Envoy. Online newspaper of the province - Casalmaggiore Chronicle.
- The province, Via Pozzi, 15, ☎ 39 0375 200493, fax: 39 0375 201466. Daily newspaper - Casalmaggiore editorial staff.
Around
- Sabbioneta - City of foundation, UNESCO World Heritage Site, maintains the walls within which the magic of ideal urban planning by Vespasiano Gonzaga has remained intact; the Teatro all'Antica, the Palazzo Ducale, the Gallery, the Incoronata church are some of its monuments that stand out in a context that has been admirably preserved.
- Rivarolo Mantovano - The arcaded Gonzaga square is the fulcrum of Rivarolo Mantovano which owes its physiognomy to Vespasiano Gonzaga, who here experimented with the construction of the Ideal City and then completed with the nearby Sabbioneta. Its urban layout, checkerboard, its city gates, the round of the walls for the remaining part, the buildings, the views make it a timeless center.
- Colorno - Its Royal Palace belonged to the Sanseverino family, then to the Farnese family, to Maria Luigia of Austria, to the Bourbons; it is by far the most important monument of this little Versailles Parma, which also offers a small but beautiful historic center, close to the Lorno stream that gives it its name and Parma, not far from the Po.
- Casalmaggiore - Capital of Casalasco, protected by mighty embankments, the city develops parallel to the bed of the Po. The wide breath of the main square, the undeniable majesty of the Town Hall and the Cathedral reveal its character as an important center of the Bassa. The Sanctuary of the Madonna della Fontana, the church of Santa Chiara, the church of the Hospital are among its outstanding monuments.
- Pomponesco - City of foundation, it owes its sixteenth-century urban structure to Giulio Cesare Gonzaga in which the scenic porticoed square stands out, which connects with a staircase to the Po embankment, on which the archpriest church and the civic palace overlook on two sides unfortunately only a few traces of the castle remain on the fourth side.
- Mantua - Capital of the Gonzagas, it still exudes its subtle charm as a great city of art for which it appoints it a UNESCO World Heritage Site it was not so much a recognition as a necessary acknowledgment. Its ancient atmospheres are incomparable, the profiles of the palaces and domes that stand out in the Po Valley mist enveloped by the mirror of its lakes, its endless Gonzaga palace that incorporates numerous buildings in the city center.
- Parma - One of the major cities of art inEmilia, it maintains with great evidence the aspect, elegance and ways of life of a capital, as it was for centuries. The Farnese della Pilotta palace, the Romanesque Cathedral, the Steccata church are some of the monumental emergencies that characterize the city; of great fame his theater, his musical tradition (Giuseppe Verdi), his school of painting (Correggio, Parmigianino), his love for good food (Parma ham, salami, Parmigiano Reggiano, Lambrusco).
Itineraries
- In the lands of the Gonzagas - 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.
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