| Marcaria | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Lower Po of Lombardy | |
| Altitude | 25 m a.s.l. | |
| Inhabitants | 6.474 (estimate) | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0376 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 46010 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | St. John Baptist | |
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Marcaria is a city of Lombardy.
To know
Its territory is located in the lowland to the left of the Oglio course and is crossed by minor watercourses of natural origin born after the last glacial period.
How to orient yourself
Marcaria: full screen map.How to get
Municipal kindergarten
By plane
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Verona-Villafranca Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
- 3 Parma airport (G. Verdi), Via Emilia - Golese locality, ☎ 39 0521 951511.
- 4 Milan-Linate airport (Enrico Forlanini).
By car
- A22 Modena-Brennero motorway: Mantova nord exit. Direction Cremona-Parma on the SS 10 for about 13 km.
On the train
- Station of Mantua.
By bus
Service carried out by APAM.
How to get around
What see
- 1 Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista. From 1700.
- 2 Castiglioni Court, Via Nuova 1 - Casatico (Private property. Under renovation.), ☎ 39 041 2443322. It is a historic fortified Lombard court. Built in the fifteenth century by the noble leader Baldassarre Castiglione and remodeled in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, it consists of a series of courtyards that lead to the noble palace, flanked by a star tower which Giulio Romano seems to have put his hand to. Externally it is surrounded by a moat and an entrance with false Fancellian battlements bearing the coat of arms of the Castiglioni. The monumental complex is made up of two bodies: a minor fifteenth-century one, on which Luca Fancelli probably intervened in the seventies of the fifteenth century, and a larger and composite one on which in 1546 a restructuring was carried out on the initiative of Count Camillo, according to a drawing by Giulio Romano already preserved by the family. A further and important restructuring was carried out in the mid-eighteenth century. In the court on December 6, 1478, the scholar Baldassarre Castiglione was born of Cristoforo Castiglione, "squadrario" (military title of command) of the Lords of Mantua (Gonzaga) and Alojsia Gonzaga, who took refuge there to escape the plague that broke out in the city. The birthplace of Baldassarre located in the minor wing of the building on the upper floor is recently discovered. In 1576 some followers of Giulio Romano painted in the palace (works still largely visible): Giulio Rubone in the ancient loggia and Giangiacomo da Mantova in the star-shaped tower built by Count Camillo in 1546.
- 3 Villa Aurelia-Pasetti, San Michele in Bosco. From 1600.
- Corte Picciona, San Michele in Bosco. From the 15th century.
- 4 Villa Luzzara, Canicossa. From the 17th century.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Osteria Due Platani, Strada Redondesco 1 - Casatico (Next to the entrance to Corte Castiglioni), ☎ 39 0376 1502902. Typical restaurant immersed in the countryside, in the shade of ancient trees. Salami specialties.
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Around
- Mantua - Capital of the Gonzagas, it still emanates its subtle charm of 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.
- Sabbioneta - City of foundation, UNESCO World Heritage Site, maintains the walls within which the magic of ideal urban planning created by Vespasiano Gonzaga has remained intact; the Teatro all'Antica, the Ducal Palace, the Gallery, the Incoronata church are some of its monuments that stand out in a context that has been admirably preserved.
- South Oglio Park. Regional protected area that extends from the Oglio Nord Park to the confluence with the Po. The Oglio Sud Park is made up of the fluvial areas of the territories of 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. The area is affected by a cycle path of about 60 kilometers that winds through the interesting habitat of the countryside and the floodplains of the Oglio river.
- Le Bine Nature Reserve
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.
- 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.
