| Rivarolo Mantovano | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Oglio Po | |
| Altitude | m. 26 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 25 km² km² | |
| Inhabitants | 2.576 (2016) | |
| Name inhabitants | rivarolesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0376 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 46017 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Rivarolo Mantovano is a center of the Mantuan in the Casalasco Viadanese interprovincial district ofOglio Po.
To know
Rivarolo as on the shore of a no longer existing branch of the Oglio; Rivarolo Out as belonging to the Lords of Mantua, and therefore out of the Duchy of Milan, as opposed to the neighbor Rivarolo del Re, on the opposite side of the same disappeared branch of Oglio, villa of the territory of Casalmaggiore in the Duchy of Milan, under the power of the King of Spain; finally Rivarolo Mantovano from 1907, to sanction its belonging to the territory of Mantua.
Geographical notes
Located in the Lombard plain of Mantua, Rivarolo belongs to the area of the province of Mantua called Viadanese, and to the wider interprovincial area Casalasco Viadanese, better known in recent decades as the District Oglio Po, with capitals Casalmaggiore , from which it is 10 km., e Viadana (22 km.)
Background
Rivarolo Mantovano is one of the examples of design and construction of the ideal city which inspired Vespasiano Gonzaga in the 1500s, lord of this corner of the State of Mantua, who then fulfilled his dream with the realization of the neighbor Sabbioneta. It still retains part of the walls and doors, and has an orthogonal layout in which the monumental porticoed square (now Piazza Finzi) stands out. Fortunately, the historic center has not been upset by questionable building interventions which, especially in the 1960s irremediably disfigured many similar realities, so the urban aspect of the ancient village is undoubtedly enjoyable. The hamlet of Cividale was, in the Gonzaga era, the summer residence of the lords, a place for hunting and recreation as was Palazzo Te 'in Mantua.
In ancient times the town was not in its present position, but was located about a kilometer to the south west, near the river Adda (or one of its branches) which flowed here; still today, south of the inhabited centers of Rivarolo and Cividale, there is a hollow in the land for a large strip: the ancient river bed. The ancient center had a parish church and was the church of a fishermen's town; remain the remains of the Molino located on the Delmona canal and a tombstone that was found in the ancient Pieve and is now located inside the parish church.
After the year 1000 the village passed under various lords: the Estensi, the Bishops of Cremona, the Dovara, Persico, Mariani, Picenardi and Cavalcabò families. The leap in quality takes place in 1400, when Rivarolo gives himself to the Gonzagas, a family whose fate he will follow until the final ruin. From the submission to the Gonzagas, the transfer of the population from the ancient site to the area where there was an oratory begins, in the place that later saw the construction of the current parish church. The figure of Vespasiano Gonzaga fits into the destiny of the village, obtaining Rivarolo from his father Luigi. Vespasiano demolished the existing castle in Rivarolo to use its materials in the construction of Sabbioneta. Later, in partial compensation for the damage, he designed the new urban layout of Rivarolo, with the characteristic orthogonal plan and the large square. On his death, his successor Scipione Gonzaga completed the work; reinforces the walls and opens the doors of the Hospital (Porta Mantova) and the Piazza (Porta Parma). The other two doors are Porta Cremona to the west and Porta Brescia. Of the four original gates, three survive.
How to orient yourself
Rivarolo Mantovano: full screen map.How to get
By plane
The nearest airport is that greens[1] of Parma. Among the companies present (year 2013) Ryanair with flights from Alghero-Fertilia, Cagliari-Elmas, Trapani-Birgi and London-Stansted. And Belle Air with a flight from Tirana-Rinas
Other airports to consider are:
- Airport Catullus of Verona-Villafranca [2] with more options. Air Italy holds the largest number of domestic flights.
- Airport Caravaggio of Orio al Serio (BG) [3] Ryanair operates there with several flights from domestic and international airports.
By car
- He is interested in the provincial Casalmaggiore - Cocoon.
- Tollbooth of Parma on the Autostrada del Sole
- Mantua motorway exit on the Brenner motorway
On the train
- Station of Cocoon, on the Cremona - Mantua line
- Station of Casalmaggiore, on the Parma - Brescia line
By bus
- Coach line Casalmaggiore - Buttonhole[4]
- Coach line Mantua - Cocoon - Rivarolo Mantovano[5]
How to get around
What see
Rivarolo Mantovano, a center that owes its physiognomy to Vespasiano Gonzaga, who here experimented with the construction of the Ideal city which he then completed with the neighbor Sabbioneta, it is all to see. Its urban layout, in a checkerboard pattern, its city gates, the round of the walls for the remaining part, the buildings, the views that make it a timeless center.
1 Finzi Square. Call a time Piazza Grande, rectangular in shape, porticoed on two sides as per a Gonzaga characteristic, it is the administrative and social center of the town. Here there are bars, shops, a restaurant, the town hall, which hosts the weekly market; in short, it offers the most important services for the life of the center. Beautiful and sober buildings face you; the Palazzo Pretorio (now the Town Hall); the Clock Tower with a through door; Palazzo Penci, extremely in need of restoration.
- The characteristic Gonzaga arcades they retain an older stretch on the east side, where you can see more squat columns and lower arches. It is in this section that the Synagogue is located.
- 2 Penci Palace, Mazzini street. The majestic building borders almost the entire south side, with a large facade and ashlar arcades. At the center of the arcades, the main entrance leads to the loggia and the hall of honor, now incorporated into houses. On the upper floors there are the court theater and large rooms; the palace was unfortunately completely stripped during the Napoleonic domination. The noble family of the Penci Counts reached its peak in the seventeenth century above all thanks to the services rendered to Scipione Gonzaga. He distinguished himself with illustrious personalities in the ecclesiastical and cultural fields. The family died out for lack of male descent, and left the palace that perpetuates its name unfinished.
- 3 Palazzo Pretorio, Finzi Square. The building leans on both sides to the Clock Tower, the oldest building. The Palace has large rooms with coffered ceilings, and was the seat of the Monte di Pietà. It now houses the Town Hall and the "Sanguanini Cultural Foundation". The last restoration brought to light the date 1609 under the tower clock and some eighteenth-century decorations; in the palace plasters and Renaissance decorations. The clock is still in working order and retains the original eighteenth-century mechanism.
- 4 Synagogue. It is located on the second floor of a building that is part of the arcades of Piazza Finzi and which also housed the rabbi's house. The Synagogue consists of a single room lit by two large windows to the north and two other smaller ones to the east, the side where the altar is located according to Jewish religious dictates. A narrow flight of stairs on the opposite side of the entrance leads to the Matroneo consisting of a mezzanine. The Synagogue was directly accessible from the homes of the Jews who lived in the square without going out into the street, since their houses and the temple were intercommunicating, as can be ascertained from signs still visible in several houses. The restoration of the early twentieth century has safeguarded the elegance that the decorations of the hall give to the temple, with false columns, stucco frames, false doors. The Synagogue is the last testimony of the presence of the Jews in Rivarolo Mantovano, where they lived and prospered for about five centuries. In the area there is another synagogue in the nearby Sabbioneta, also on the top floor of a porticoed building near Piazza Ducale. In the Oglio Po district of Casalasco viadanese, the premises that housed the eighteenth-century synagogue in Pomponesco and another a Viadana.
- 5 Parish Church of Santa Maria Annunciata. The pleban archpriest parish church was born on October 19, 1416, as is engraved in the foundation panel, under the Marquis of Mantua Gianfrancesco Gonzaga. The bell tower was built instead in 1461, when he was Marquis Ludovico. Dedicated to Santa Maria Annunciata, the church has undergone successive renovations and extensions. In 1805 the body of the building was previously extended by a chapel. The façade was also decorated with nineteenth-century stuccoes; above the wooden portal, the work of local artisans in 1810) is depicted in high relief The expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple; on the top right is the bust of Blessed Sisto Locatelli, while on the left is that of Giuseppe.
- In the tympanum the work of the Como sculptor Giulio Protti is shown: The AnnunciationThe interior with three naves is rich in paintings, sculptures and decorations of the Lombard school. In the side chapels there is a picture gallery ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. In the Chapel of the Passion a painting by a local painter, Giuseppe Velluti from Rivaroli, is an unfinished nineteenth-century copy of the Coronation of Thorns by Titian which is kept in the Louvre. On the side walls there are two paintings by Domenico Savi from Viadana, il Christ mocked and the Christ at the column. are from the mid-seventeenth century.
- The Chapel of San Vincenzo Ferrari houses on the sides two canvases by Marco Antonio Ghislina, a painter from Casale who left several works in the churches of Oglio Po, depicting San Giovanni Evangelista and San Giuseppe. In the Chapel of San Giuseppe an eighteenth-century canvas by Giacomo Guerrini reproduces St. Joseph with the Child Jesus. This painting comes from the Old Church of Scandolara Ravara.
- In the Chapel of St. John the Evangelist and Blessed Sixtus there is an elegant altarpiece by Pesenti and a canvas depicting St. Anthony the Abbot with St. John the Evangelist and St. Jerome attributed to one of the Pesenti. The chapel houses, under the altar table, the body of Blessed Sisto Locatelli, a Franciscan, who was placed there in 1942; this holy friar was later declared co-patron of the Rivarolese community.
- The Chapel of the Madonna del Santo Rosario houses a gilded wooden altarpiece by Pesenti Immaculate Madonna of 1605 by Giovanni Francesco Raimondi; the preparatory drawing of this work, by Giovanni Battista Trotti said the Malosso, is located in the Uffizi. The series of the 15 Mysteries of the Rosary dates back to 1614 and is also from the school of Malosso (Pesenti), as well as the six lunettes of the vaults with the story of Mary and Saint Catherine.
- 6 Oratory of the Disciplini. With simple lines, it has a single nave and a small bell tower. Its foundation is at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In 1865 it passed to the Confraternity of San Vincenzo de 'Paoli. It is now dedicated to San Bartolomeo. The ancient door and the polychrome windows are noteworthy. The interior decorations are a recent work of the 1940s.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Finzi, Finzi square 1, ☎ 39 0376 99656.
- The Fontanella, Via Carducci (in Cividale Mantovano), ☎ 39 0376 93293.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 B&B Al Traghetto, via Cavour 16, ☎ 39 339 3671531.
Safety
Pharmacy
- 1 Lazzarini, Via Mazzini, 50, ☎ 39 0376 99115.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 2 Italian post, via Avis 7, ☎ 39 0376 958190.
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
- Cocoon - A Gonzaga city, it was the capital of a duchy belonging to a collateral branch of the Gonzagas. Vespasiano worked there urban planning before putting his hand to his masterpiece: Sabbioneta; with Giulio Cesare and Scipione he defines his own elegant urban appearance that responds to sixteenth-century ideals. Of the ancient walls, however, only a short section remains, severely damaged by collapses and neglect.
- Casteldidone - Villa Mina della Scala is a fascinating castle building that embodies the grandeur of the castle and the elegance of the villa. Built in the sixteenth century, remodeled in the seventeenth century and then in the eighteenth century, the castle that became a palace and villa still looks majestic and fascinating in the countryside of Casteldidone, not far from the other splendid villa - castle of San Giovanni in Croce.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
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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