Casalmoro | ||
State | Italy | |
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Region | Lombardy | |
Territory | Alto Mantovano | |
Altitude | 47 m a.s.l. | |
Surface | 13.70 km² | |
Inhabitants | 2.250 (10/2019) | |
Name inhabitants | casalmoresi | |
Prefix tel | 39 0376 | |
POSTAL CODE | 46040 | |
Time zone | UTC 1 | |
Patron | Saint Stephen martyr | |
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Casalmoro is a city of Lombardy.
To know
Geographical notes
The town of Casalmoro rises on the left bank of the Chiese river on a flat land mostly dedicated to agriculture.
How to orient yourself
How to get
By plane
The nearest airports are:
- 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, Carpenedolo
- 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.
How to get around
What see
- 1 Sanctuary of the Madonna del Dosso. From the 18th century.
- 2 Cascina Castello, Via Castello.
- 3 Torre Mangeri. From the 15th century.
- 4 Moro Park. Public park on the banks of the Chiese river.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Park Hotel Pizzeria Restaurant, Via Asola 1, ☎ 39 0376 737706.
- 2 Osteria da Pencio, Via Piave 14, ☎ 39 0376 737558.
- 3 Laghetti Chitina restaurant, Via Brescia 26, ☎ 39 339 2550911.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 Park Hotel, Via Asola 1, ☎ 39 0376 737706.
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
- Buttonhole - The imposing cathedral of Sant'Andrea, the Town Hall and the Loggia distinguish its historic center with a Venetian flavor, a legacy of the 350 years of belonging to the Serenissima, to which the city gave itself in 1440.
- 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 historic 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
- 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 the province of Mantua on a territory of 41 municipalities, including: Buttonhole, 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 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.
- 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.