Pomponesco - Pomponesco

Pomponesco is a center located in the Mantua area in Lombardy.

To know

The illustrious past and the good urban conservation have allowed the town to enter the list of the most beautiful villages in Italy, the third center of theOglio Po to get this recognition, later Castelponzone is Sabbioneta. Pomponesco was a finalist at the Borgo dei Borghi 2021.

Geographical notes

Pomponesco is a town in the lower Po valley in the Viadana area of ​​the district Oglio Po , on the left bank of the river Po. It is 7 km away. from Viadana, 19 from Casalmaggiore, 32 from Parma, 35 from Mantua, 38 from Reggio Emilia.

Background

It had its period of greatest splendor in the second half of the 16th century, when Giulio Cesare Gonzaga made it the seat of his court for about twenty years. The town was rebuilt according to the canons of the time, which longed for the ideal city, the greatest example of which was Gonzaga Sabbioneta of Vespasiano Gonzaga, as well as - in a minor form - other Gonzaga centers such as, for example, Cocoon, San Martino dall'Argine, Rivarolo Mantovano, Guastalla etc. The splendid square remains, which opens up vast and scenographic at the foot of the Po embankment; the castle that bordered the opposite side has disappeared.

How to orient yourself

The monumental center of the town is all enclosed in its square, a large architecturally balanced widening, with the side religious opposite to that layman, the castle (only a few traces remain) which closed the third side, opposite the scenic staircase that climbs the embankment from the smaller square that extends the larger widening.

Go up the three flights of the staircase, reached the embankment, you can admire the wide floodplain. But beware: a curious sign warns you that you could enter the ........Via del Peccato!

Environment

• The Garzaia. 

How to get

By plane

• 44.821810.296031 Parma airport (G. Verdi), Via Emilia - Golese locality, ☎ 39 0521 951511. 
• 44.5352811.291162 Bologna airport (G.Marconi), Via Triumvirato 84, ☎ 39 051 6479615. 
• 45.39666710.8877783 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. 
• 45.6661869.7018084 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323. 

On the train

• Station of Guastalla on the Parma - Suzzara and Guastalla - Reggio Emilia lines
• Station of Casalmaggiore on the Parma - Brescia line

How to get around

What see

The historical and artistic riches of Pomponesco have earned the town its inclusion in the circuit of Most beautiful villages in Italy , the third of the district Oglio Po after Sabbioneta is Castelponzone.

• Urban fabric. 

• 44.926610.59211 Piazza XIII Aprile. 
• 44.92810.59252 Remains of the Castle: the Stables. 
• 44.926910.59143 Archpriest Church of the Seven Martyrs Brothers. 

• 44.928710.58484 The synagogue and the Jewish cemetery, via F.lli Cantoni. The Jewish presence in the lands governed by the various branches of the Gonzaga was constant from the end of the fifteenth century. The Gonzagas welcomed the Jews expelled from the Duchy of Milan and allowed them to settle in their duchy; in exchange, wealthy Jewish families always financed the Gonzagas in their military campaigns and government policy. The Cantoni family, whose members were among the first Jews to arrive in the town at the beginning of the seventeenth century, especially stood out in Pomponesco; the writer Alberto Cantoni (1841-1904) belonged to this family. The Jewish cemetery is preserved along the tree-lined avenue named after the Cantoni brothers, almost opposite the Christian one; the current location dates back to the early twentieth century, when the ancient cemetery that had been built at the beginning of the eighteenth century was transferred there. The surrounding wall has been completely restored; the existing tombs are well preserved.

In the village there are still the building of the Jewish asylum, now transformed into a civic hall, and the building that housed the synagogue, whose dome is clearly visible. The place is now used for private use, but the structure has been preserved in its lines. 

Events and parties

• Golose floodplains (celebration of the excellence of Mantuan cuisine of the Po), Piazza XXIII Aprile, @[email protected]. Saturday and Sunday of the first fortnight of September. 

What to do

Shopping

How to have fun

Where to eat

Among the typical products of Pomponesco there are the "Lüadèj ".

Average prices

• 44.92765210.5927661 To the castle, via Roma 30, ☎ 39 0375 868811. — 
• 44.926610.5919822 Court Shreds, piazza IV Martiri 2, ☎ 39 0375 89497. — 
• 44.92779110.5917993 Cavalier Saltini restaurant, via Roma 30 (in the main square), ☎ 39 0375 86017. — 
• 44.92842110.593584 Trattoria Linda, via Roma 71, ☎ 39 0375 86449. — 10.593580

Where stay

Average prices

• 44.9264810.592021 Locanda Il Leone, Piazza IV Martiri 2 (Also restaurant), ☎ 39 0375 86145. 

Safety

Pharmacy

• 44.92813510.5900415 Bertozzi, Via Cantoni, 19, ☎ 39 0375 86002. 

How to keep in touch

Post office

• 44.92720710.5923856 Italian post, piazza XXIII April 12, ☎ 39 0375 86788. 

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

• Mantua - Capital of the Gonzagas, it still exudes 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 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.
• Guastalla - It was the capital of the Duchy with Parma is Piacenza; it had also been so first with the Gonzagas and then with the Torelli. Its historic center, with traces of the ancient ramparts, retains an important urban tone.
• Parma - One of the major cities of art inEmilia, 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).
• Colorno - Its 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.
• Viadana - capital of the Viadanese, its vast historical center, of good interest, thrives on Po Valley and Gonzaga atmospheres. The ring road avenues mark the route of the ancient disappeared walls; the arcaded streets of the center distinguish the city with the Gonzaga urban style.

Itineraries

• 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.
• Historic villages of the Po - The itinerary, from west to east or vice versa, leads to know some historical villages that rise near the "great river".

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